Monroe's patent pie meat - prepared beef for pies – Antique Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
Few images capture their era like this antique engraving of Monroe's patent pie meat - prepared beef for pies. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Monroe's patent pie meat - prepared beef for pies
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Monroe's Patent Pie Meat stands out on this board because it sells a ready-made filling rather than a finished pie, and the word "patent" signals the maker's claim to a proprietary preparation. Pie meat, or mincemeat, traditionally combined chopped beef or other meat, suet, dried fruit, sugar, and spices, and by the late 1860s commercial makers were packaging it to spare households the work of preparing it at home. Trade labels of this period were usually wood engraved, with bold lettering meant to catch the eye of shoppers in crowded grocery stores. Dating to about 1869, this label shows how the market for preserved foods was growing, and it is worth noticing how it sells convenience as much as flavor.
| Created / published | c1869. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : wood engraving. |
| Genre | Labels 1860-1870.Wood engravings 1860-1870. |
| Notes | LOT subject: Mincemeat. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,393 × 1,536 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-114176 |
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