Tupperware Container with Lid, Millionaire Line

Earl Silas Tupper

Caption

Earl Silas Tupper (American, 1907–1983). Tupperware Container with Lid, Millionaire Line, Polyethylene, 3 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. (8.9 x 11.4 cm) Other: 1/4 x 4 1/4 in. (0.6 x 10.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Tupperware Corporation, 2004.13.6a-b.

Gallery

Not on view

Title

Tupperware Container with Lid, Millionaire Line

Medium

Polyethylene

Classification

Food/Drink

Dimensions

3 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. (8.9 x 11.4 cm) Other: 1/4 x 4 1/4 in. (0.6 x 10.8 cm)

Markings

Molded on bottom of container: "A / [in an oval] TUPPER / #250 / [in script] Millionaire Line / TUPPER! / PATS. APPL'D FOR / U.S.A." Molded on top of lid: "U.S. PAT. 2487400 CAN. PAT. 463387 OTHER PATS. PEND. / TUPPER! /#215 TUPPER SEAL [figure of a seal (the animal), head only] MADE IN U.S.A."

Credit Line

Gift of Tupperware Corporation

Accession Number

2004.13.6a-b

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