How Paper Boxes Are Made / A practical and instructive book telling how the beginner may manufacture all kinds of paper boxes, with special chapters on the printing department for paper box plants, embossing, gold-leafing, label work, etc.

by Robert F. Salade

JEWELRY BOXES.

Some concerns are making a specialty of jewelry boxes and the field for this product is very extensive. Many jewelers pack watches, rings, tie pins, dress pins, clasp pins, lockets, belt buckles, cigarette cases, match boxes, vanity cases, mesh bags, rosaries, fans, fountain pens, etc., in pretty paper boxes of the proper shapes, and not a few of these boxes are works of art. The writer recently saw a small paper box for a diamond ring, which cost the jeweler one dollar apiece, the party who bought the ring paying for the box, of course. The box in question was beautifully covered with thin, dark green leather, and four edges of the box were hand-tooled, the borders being finished in goldleaf. The interior of the box was lined with white satin, with billows and a rest for the ring formed of the same material. The box also contained a shoulder and the lid was hinged.

Some jewelry boxes are made in the regular set-up style, others are made with shoulders. Round and oval boxes are often used for watches, rings, lockets, necklaces, etc., while long, oblong boxes are used for tie pins, fountain pens, chains, gold pencils, envelope openers, pen knives, dress pins, hair pins, etc. Square boxes are adapted to silver and gold belt buckles, ladies’ shoe buckles, match boxes, cigarette cases, mesh bags, etc. The progressive jeweler carries a wide assortment of fine paper boxes, of many different shapes and sizes, so that he may have a box suitable for any piece of jewelry, or novelty, sold. He will even have sets of larger size boxes for holding silverware, toilet articles, fans, cut glass, picture frames, clocks, and so forth.