Old box, Colburn's Mustard, Durham Superfine.

[vicengle]

Hi,

I'm trying to just learn about the history of a box that was given to me. It is a Colburn's Mustard box. From my research I found that Colburn's was a Philadelphia company operating a spice business in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Can anyone tell me anything about this box? I live in Durham NC but I suspect that maybe "Durham Superfine" refers to Durham, England.

A picture of the box can be found here...
http://www.summerseas.com/images/auto/LoveStory/May_2009/resize.MustardBox1.JPG

[D&b antiques]

the box it's self could date too 1880. paper label's were known to exist as early as 1825.oddly enough finely carve dove tail box's are found. the u.s. germany japan etc.

by the look's of the wood used I would say U.S.