Listed is a RARE STALEY’S INOSITOL - A.E. STALEY MFG. DECATUR ILLINOIS CARDBOARD SHIPPING STORAGE CONTAINER, WITH LID
DIMENSIONS – DIAMETER 21 CM – HEIGHT 24 CM – LID HAS AN OUTER FLANGE OF 6 CM
ON FRONT OF CONTAINER IS THE ORIGINAL STALEY’S STICKER. THE BACKGROUND HAS THE WORDING CHEMICALS – THERE IS THE STALEY’S LOGO WITH THE WORDING INOSITOL NET. WEIGHT LBS. – BENEATH HAS A.E. STALEY MFG. DECATUR ILLINOIS. THERE ARE HAND WRITTEN FIGURES IN RED UNDER THE WORD INOSITOL “ Lot E – 964 and 11 Lbs.”
ON REAR OF CONTAINER IN A DIAMOND SHAPE ARE THE INITIALS G.T.M. AND A.E.S. MELBOURNE. THE G.T.M. INITIALS MAY STAND FOR A MELBOURNE FIRM OR SUBSIDIARY OF THE A.E. STALEY COMPANY, IN MELBOURNE.
AGE – UNABLE TO ACURATELY DATE THE CONTAINER, THERE IS MUCH ON THE NET ABOUT THIS LARGE AMERICAN ILLINOIS FIRM A.E. STALEY, THE ONLY REFERENCE I COULD FIND WAS FROM A SIMILAR A.E. STALEY SHIPPING CONTAINER THAT WAS LISTED ON ETSY, IT HAD A CIRCA DATE LISTED AS MUCH EARLIER THAN THIS ONE, I BELIEVE THIS INOSITOL CONTAINER MAY BE FROM THE 1950’s ERA, THOUGH IT ALSO MAY BE EARLIER.
THE CARDBOARD IS QUITE SOLID AND FIRM, NO SPLITS NO HOLES OR BREAKS.
CONDITION - IN QUITE GOOD CONDITION FOR ITS AGE – NO MAJOR DAMAGE TO THE BODY OR LID – NO DAMAGE TO THE BASE. CONTAINER DOES DISPLAY NORMAL SHELF AND HANDLING WEAR CONSISTENT WITH AGE. THE ORIGINAL A.E. STALEY STICKER ON FRONT HAS A SMALL PIECE MISSING TO THE RIGHT LOWER SIDE ( See Photos )
INOSITOL WAS DISCOVERED OVER A CENTURY AGO BY SCHERER – IT WAS GIVEN THE SCIENTIFIC NAME OF HEXAHYDROXYCYCLOHEXANE. HE GAVE IT THE COMMERCIAL NAME OF INOSITOL.
INOSITOL - FOR INFORMNATION - Care of Wikipedia Inositol, or more precisely myo-inositol, is a carbocyclic sugar that is abundant in brain and other mammalian tissues, mediates cell signal transduction in response to a variety of hormones, neurotransmitters and growth factors and participates in osmoregulation.
THE FIRM A.E. STALEY WAS FOUNDED IN 1906 IN DECATUR ILLINOIS AND BECAME ONE OF AMERICA’S LARGEST PRODUCERS OF CORN – CORN STARCH – FOOD STARCH. THE FIRM ALSO PRODUCED MANY OTHER FOOD AND HOUSEHOLD BRANDS.
AN AMERICAN PRODUCT WITH A MELBOURNE CONNECTION – RARE TO FIND A VINTAGE CARDBOARD EPHEMNERAL CONTAINER IN SUCH GOOD CONDITION. AN INTERESTING DISPLAY ITEM FOR THE MEDICAL OR SCIENTIFIC COLLECTOR.