Artist/Maker
J. T. Robin Company, 52 Duane St. New York
Title
display box
Mediumvelvet, glass, tin, non-ferrous metal
Dimensions7 × 9 in. (17.8 × 22.9 cm)
Donor credit lineKendall Whaling Museum Collection Transfer
Object number2001.100.3776
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionNye Oil advertising display box and oil. Countertop advertising display reading "NYOIL for Lubricating, Polishing, Cleaning & Preventing Rust / Wm F. NYE New Bedford Mass. U.S.A." The case is ornately decorated, velvet-lined, and engraved gilt lettering in the glass. Case contains two unopened bottles of NYOIL in their original boxes depicting the famous Nye trademark of a sperm whaling scene after W. J. Huggins (1829)On View
Not on view
Nye Oil Company
Nye Oil Company
William F. Nye, Inc.
William F. Nye, Inc.
1725-1960
Nye, William F.
