April 16, 2024
Vintage Tupperware Canister with lid handle cariolier
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Vintage Tupperware Canister with Seal and Black Cariolier10.75" TALL 8.5" WIDEThe Canister is # 255-2 Tupper!The Seal is # 259-1 Millionaire LineThe Black cariolier #428-1Vintage condition does have some stains and utensil marks but no melts spotsEstate FindPlease look at picturesHere is a little history about Tupper!Millionaire Line & TupperwareEarl Tupper also invented the Tupper Seal , an airtight and watertight lid, which was modelled on the design of a paint lid. The lid would become famous for the 'Tupperware Burp' - a characteristic sound created when the lid is being closed. In 1947, Tupper patented the Tupper Seal . Together with the rise of the refrigerator, Tupper's invention would herald a new development in American households in the 1950s. Food could now be stored longer, kept fresh longer in plastic containers and dishes, and stacked neatly.In 1947 Elizabeth Gordon, editor of House Beautiful magazine, wrote an article on Tupperware entitled 'Fine Art for 39 Cents', praising the design of the Wonder Bowl as a finely crafted sculpture. Tupper even won several design awards that year, including the Design for Modern Living Award. A year later, he won the Modern Plastics Housewares Award with his Millionaire Line . In 1947, the Tupper Corporation donated some of its products to the Museum of Modern Art in New York. In
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