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"Doña Delicias" mayonnaise (mayonesa), glass jar with lid
Glassware
A clear, molded-glass jar, cylindrical with a rounded shoulder and a threaded neck, fitted with a metal screw lid (with a disc/liner insert). The body carries an applied-color (screen-printed) label in red and white: a red-bordered white panel lettered "Doña Delicias / Mayonesa," an ingredient line, and "Sabrosísima" below. Small embossed marks appear on the bottom. The jar is empty.
2025.1.207
In the Arús Caraballo household.
The Cabrera Arús family collection
2025.1
Cuba
Caribbean
Central America
Maker: "Doña Delicias," a Cuban mayonnaise brand. The specific producer/factory is not shown on the visible label; in its later state-produced era the brand was a "producción nacional" mayonnaise (e.g., associated with a Pinar del Río plant). Glass manufacturer not identified (embossed device not resolved). Date: Cannot be confirmed. The jar bears no date, and the brand's history spans the pre-1959 commercial period through recent decades. This particular red/white "Sabrosísima" label differs from the brand's later photographic-portrait label. Flagged for verification (see Research Notes).
Printed label: "Doña Delicias / Mayonesa"; "INGREDIENTES Aceite, sal, azúca[r], mostaza, vinagre y huevo"; "Sabrosísima." Glass: "3," "A," and a small symbol/diamond, likely mold or maker marks. No date, volume, or factory name legible.
Glass
Materials: Colorless (slightly green-tinted) molded glass; screen-printed enamel label (red/white); metal screw lid with liner. Technique: Machine-molded glass jar; applied color (ceramic/enamel screen) label fired or printed onto the glass; stamped/threaded metal closure.
Fair
Gertrudis Caraballo Gálvez
owner
Havana
Cuba
Caribbean
Central America
use, preservation
Note that the brand's later/modern packaging featured a photographic portrait of a smiling woman; this jar's text-only red/white label is a different, evidently earlier design (no portrait), so no person appears on this object.