Jar, Cookie
Object number2006.44.436 a,b
Date1985
MediumGlass
Credit LineGift of Lenox, Incorporated
DescriptionColorless lead glass jar with lid cut in Providence pattern. Center of jar has engraved text and image of the U.S. Capitol building.
Dimensions6.5 x 6 in. (16.5 x 15.2 cm)Historical NotesLenox Corporation Archives donated to History Center in 2006 when company sold its glass name to Department 56 of Chicago. In 1965, Lenox purchased the Bryce Brothers glass company, in business in Pittsburgh since 1850 and in Mt. Pleasant, Pa. since 1896. Lenox, a china manufacturer added a quality crystal maker to their corporate family with the goal of developing one stop shopping for the bridal market, as well as the ability to sell quality tableware to a private line customer (i.e. the Duquesne Club or the U.S. embassies, both corporate clients.) Lenox sold off their glass interests in 2006. At that time the company donated their corporate glass archives and corporate glass collection (numbering in the thousands of pieces). This collection provides an excellent picture of the work, design, marketing, and product line of this important regional manufacturer.Label TextWhen Ronald Reagan ran for Governor of California in 1966, he began eating “Goelitz Mini Jelly Beans” to help him give up pipe smoking. After Reagan left the governorship, he continued to receive shipments of Goelitz Mini Gourmet Jelly Beans directly from the company. The company shipped three and a half tons of red, white, and blue Jelly Belly jelly beans to Washington, D. C. for the 1981 Inaugural festivities. Herman Goelitz Candy Company provided the Reagan White House with Jelly Belly jelly beans for all eight years of Reagan’s presidency. The President kept his favorite snack in a cut glass jar, just like this one, on his oval office desk – his favorite Jelly Belly flavor was licorice.
Collector
Lenox Corporate Archives
Related person
Ronald Reagan
Related person
George H.W. Bush
On View
On view
1985
1820-1840
1825-1840
