This lot features a wooden firkin from Philip J. Ritter's Conserve Company of Philadelphia, PA. The container features original labels for Ritter's Apple Butter, stating it won "First Premium" at the New York Am. Ins., 1879, and Two Gold medals in Louisville, KY, 1883, and the Pure-Food Exhibition, Philadelphia, 1889. The firkin is cylindrical with a fitted lid and features a wood and metal handle.