Christmas gift box for Haeberlein-Metzger Nuremberg lebkuchen
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 5.375 inches (13.653 cm) | Width: 12.500 inches (31.75 cm) | Depth: 8.625 inches (21.908 cm)
Creator(s)
- Haeberlein-Metzger (Manufacturer)
Archival History
The box was acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2004.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection
Funding Note: The cataloging of this artifact has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Scope and Content
Haeberlein-Metzger Nuremberg lebkuchen packaging chest decorated with colorful images of gingerbread people, Christmas angels and ornaments. Lebkuchen is a biscuit similar to gingerbread cookies traditionally baked as a Christmas treat. It has been associated with Nuremberg since the 14th century and a variation known as Nuremberg Lebkuchen by law can only be produced in that city. The boxes and tins are often collected. This version was produced circa 1945 during the Nazi era in Germany.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Rectangular, wooden box base with a red cloth tape hinged fiberboard lid covered in decorative paper with a green background and multicolored images associated with gingerbread cookies and Christmas. The lid top has an angel holding a white banner with blue German text and ornaments in the shape of people and animals, such as a horse, a dog and deer. Similar themes are repeated on all sides. The identical right and left side panels designs feature the company logo of a mounted knight spearing a dragon. The identical front and back panels feature ornaments, such a heart shaped wreaths and a man and woman in traditional dress. The lid interior is covered with white paper printed with German text within the red and gray cityscape of Nuremberg, the Haeberlein-Metzger logo. The base bottom is cardboard covered in light brown paper with edges trimmed with white, decorative paper. A number is stamped upside down on the inside back.
base interior panel, upside down, stamped, black ink : 2(0?)
Subjects
- Food containers--Germany--Nuremberg--History.
- Food--Packaging--Germany--Nuremberg--History.
Genre
- Object
- Containers