Object Number: TC2507/2

Collection: Social History

Object Name: box

Description: Chocolate box, small oval shaped with white papered sides. 1877 written on base with inscription "Miss Billie Tuit". The lid has been papered over with a colour print picture of a woman with her hair plaited over her head, and a rose. Seated with her elbows on a book and her hands by her cheek. Striped curtain in the background. Decorative red printed label inside the lid with a picture of native cocoa pickers reads, "TEN EXHIBITION PRIZE MEDALS, CHOCOLATE BONBONS, J.S. FRY AND SONS, MANUFACTURERS OF THE CELEBRATED CARACUS COCOA." The box is presented in a gold-painted display box with two other boxes.

On Display at M Shed, Bristol People Gallery