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Object number2019.107.1 a-d

Manufacturer H. J. Heinz Company (founded 1888)

Date2019

MediumGlass; Cardboard; Plastic; Foam; Ink

Credit LineGift of The Kraft Heinz Company

DescriptionColorless glass octagonal ketchup bottle covered in multi-color plastic wrapper, autograph in black marker. Accompanying box is designed to look like a black amplifier. Red guitar pick with a yellow Keystone printed in the center.DimensionsHeight x Diameter (a): 7.75 × 2.313 in. (19.7 × 5.9 cm)
Height x Diameter (b): 0.5 × 1.313 in. (1.3 × 3.3 cm)
Height x Width x Depth (c): 9.5 × 5.375 × 3.5 in. (24.1 × 13.7 × 8.9 cm)
Height x Width (d): 1.188 × 1.063 in. (3 × 2.7 cm)
Inscriptions(a) Label in center on bottle reads: "HEINZ / TOMATO / KETCHUP". Handwritten Ed Sheeran signature over rose. White label around neck reads: "HEINZ / 57 / VARIETIES". White sticker on bottom has black text, the first line of which reads: "EN Contains Celery", followed by the same phrase written in eleven other languages.

(b) "Ed Sheeran / X / HEINZ / EST(T?) 1869".

Text below buttons, from left to right, read: "INPUT" "VOLUME" "BASS" "TREBLE" "POWER".

Nutritional label with various text on bottom of box.
Historical NotesLimited edition Ed Sheeran X Heinz Tomato Ketchup bottle with speaker shaped box and guiar pick. Created to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Heinz.Label TextBritish singer Ed Sheeran is famous for his music but is also known for his many tattoos and love of Heinz ketchup. Sheeran and Heinz teamed up for a limited-edition bottle featuring his Heinz label tattoo. The 150 signed bottles were designed by Sheeran, with most auctioned off for charity. Twenty of the bottles were donated to museums around the world including the Victoria & Albert and the Heinz History Center.

Related institution The Kraft Heinz Company (founded 2015)

Related person Ed Sheeran

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