Antique 1920s Finast Salt Codfish Wood Box Slide Lid Boston First National Store For Sale

Brand: First National Stores Inc. / Finast Brand (Boston, Mass.)
Product Line: One Pound Net Weight "Entirely Boneless Salt Codfish" Crate
Box Configuration: Two-Piece Assembly Housing Original Wooden Slide-Out Lid
Theme: Antique General Store Advertising / Country Kitchen Primitives / Box Jointed Crates / Americana
Year Manufactured: c. 1925-1935 (Pre-War / Great Depression Era)
Material: Solid Natural White Pine Wood / Industrial Black Ink Stenciling
Size: Compact counter storage scale (Measures approx. 7.0" L x 5.0" W x 3.0" H against rule)
Quantity: 1 Complete Primitive Slide-Lid Wood Crate Box
Original/Reproduction: 100% Original Antique Box
Country/Region of Manufacture: Packed in Canada / Distributed in U.S.A.Up for sale is a beautiful, highly displayable piece of early 20th-century New England grocery advertising and culinary history: an original c. 1920s-1930s First National Stores Inc. "Finast Brand" salt codfish wooden box. This estate-fresh survivor represents the foundation era of the historic First National grocery empire (formed via merger in 1925), beautifully engineered as a retail counter-top display shipping crate.The removable slide-out wooden lid houses spectacular, high-contrast black ink stenciled typography reading "FINAST BRAND • ENTIRELY BONELESS SALT CODFISH • FIRST NATIONAL STORES Inc. • BOSTON, MASS." Built using traditional, high-end industrial finger-joint/box-joint interlocking corners and a solid un-trimmed pine base panel. Perfect for primitive country kitchen decorators, antique advertising box purists, or unique rustic storage organizers.Condition Details:
Good antique condition with exceptional rustic character, rich wood-grain depth, and stark ink contrast! Sold strictly as-is and fully disclosed for an honest century-old barn storage patina. Crucially, the wooden box structure is complete, preserving its original removable sliding lid that pulls out smoothly from its upper side-rail tracks.The white pine wood panels are structurally firm and hold their rectangular shape beautifully with no modern metal nail reinforcements or adhesive repairs. Displays an authentic primitive character—including an honest dark storage aging patina to the internal raw wood core, a prominent natural circular wood knot with a tiny surface hairline contraction split to the right-hand panel block, typical corner smoothing, and a fine layer of natural storage dust inside the crevices as clearly documented in the close-up macro gallery photos. Left entirely uncleaned to preserve absolute historic integrity.Shipping Note:
Oversized, rigid antique primitives require professional-grade packaging defense to prevent transit wood splitting or lid corner bruising. The wooden crate and its removable slide lid will be enclosed together flat inside a moisture-proof clear protective display sleeve. The full assembly will be wrapped heavily in multiple dense layers of thick industrial bubble wrap and shipped inside a rigid, reinforced cardboard mailing box surrounded entirely by impact-absorbing packing materials to guarantee a safe, perfect arrival at your doorstep. Full automated tracking and insurance coverage are included. Local pickup out of the Litchfield County, Connecticut area can also be easily arranged.