Large Round Candy Box with Flat Top.
Plain, round candy boxes are made much in the same manner, only the round disks of box-board are inserted at the top edges of the rings. Boxes of this model usually have shoulders, although some few are made on the telescopic pattern, the lid being large enough to fit down over the edges and sides of the box.
Through the courtesy of Jesse Jones Company, of Philadelphia, the writer is able to furnish information in reference to large round boxes with convex, or dome tops—information which is very practical and valuable. The Jesse Jones Company for many years has been noted for the production of round and fancy candy boxes and this concern has been successful in building up an extensive business in this line.
Dome tops for large-size round boxes, such as the five-pound size, for example, are made after the lids and boxes have been covered. The finished boxes are lined up on a spacious table. The lids are then inverted and placed upside down over the top edges of the boxes. Over the inverted lids soft, dampened pieces of muslin are spread. Each inverted lid is then filled with fine buck-shot, and while holding the buck-shot the boxes and lids are allowed to stand in that condition for several hours. The dampened muslin and the weight of the buck-shot causes the top of the lid to shape into an almost perfect convex form. This is said to be the best process for doming the tops of large round boxes. The lids for large-size oval or odd shaped boxes can be domed in the same way. It is necessary, of course, for the box-maker to have on hand a considerable quantity of the fine buck-shot when following this plan.
ART CANDY BOXES
Some fine candy boxes are covered with silk or satin, and on the tops of others are glued fancy “cut-outs,” such as pictures of girl’s heads, yachts, flowers, etc. Hand-painted designs, pictures, etc., are glued to the tops of some of the larger-size boxes. There is always a strong demand for beautiful candy boxes of this kind, no matter how costly they may be. They are particularly popular at Christmas time.
Beautiful Art Candy Box.
The picture contains a real feather.