Champagne Shipping Crate

Description (Brief):

This shipping crate side was used by the champagne manufacturer Piper-Heidsieck from France. The wooden crate side has red text. Piper-Heidsieck was a champagne house that was founded in 1785 in Reims, France.

Referenced Business: Piper Heidsieck

Location: Currently not on view

See more items in: Work and Industry: Agriculture, Food, Crate Labels, Agriculture

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Credit Line: L.E. Leininger

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1979.0441.192Catalog Number: 1979.0441.192Accession Number: 1979.0441

Object Name: crate label

Physical Description: ink (crate label material)wood (substrate material)Measurements: crate label: 4 1/2 in x 9 1/2 in; 11.43 cm x 24.13 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-fe64-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1361829

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