Could this refer to soap made from olive oil? Ann Trowbridge (a child and grandchild of Colgate-Palmolive company employees) > -----Original Message----- > From: Jean M. Burks [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Friday, March 20, 1998 4:42 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Searching for an Olive > > Help! Does anyone know what an "olive" is? > > The Shelburne Museum is restoring the steamboat Ticonderoga. > > We have found the original 1906 order to outfit the boat including the > following items to supply each corner sink area - a bowl, a comfort > (chamber pot?), spoonholder, water pitcher, a towel, towel hardware, a > cuspidor and an olive. The term olive doesn't appear in hardware or > Sears catalogues of the period that I have looked at. > > The mysterious olive cost $.85 in 1906. > > Any suggestions would be most appreciated. Many thanks, in advance, > for > pondering this weighty question!