This wonderful Jar made for "Bovox, Makes Real Strength."   Bovox was a concentrated Beef Broth that was considered a health food at the turn of the last century.  

 

This piece was made by the Whites Pottery of Utica, New York between 1890 and 1907 when they made their skillful molded stoneware. This piece is featured in Christopher Bensch, The Blue and the Gray: Oneida County Stoneware, p. 42.

 

This beauty features the Company Logo Embossed Around the Top with Cobalt Accent, a Greek Key Border in the Middle, and a Checkerboard basket Pattern on the Lower Half.  Stands 4-1/2" tall.  


 

The Jar & the lid are in exceptional condition. As made.  No damage of any kind.  The blue is vibrant and the ferns on either side of the logo are green. Whites pieces in two color are quite scarce.


These jars are quite scarce and one in exceptional as made condition with an in-tact lid is very difficult to come by and rarely comes to market. The lids are considered much more scarce than the jars. 


Bovox Beef was a concentrated, early 20th-century health food marketed as an "essence of beef" that provided nourishment for the sick and weak, similar to the modern concept of beef broth or bouillon. Product produced by Bovox was intended to be a stimulating yet easily digestible food, consumed as a beef tea or added to soups to build strength without causing stomach discomfort.


"Whites of Utica"  Whites Pottery, a New York stoneware manufacturer from 1839 to approximately 1907. Founded by Noah White, it produced decorative and utilitarian objects, particularly stoneware crocks, jugs, and steins, known for their blue and grey color schemes and floral or bird motifs. The company's location in Utica was ideal due to its proximity to the Erie Canal, which facilitated the transport of clay and finished products.  


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