At 05:47 PM 11/16/02 -0500, you wrote:
>        I have friends who are civil war reenactors and they want to know how
>honey was stored in the 1860s -- what kind of container it was kept in and
>what kind would have been used if the honey was to be given as a gift. Where
>could they find a simalar container now? Thanks for the help.

Ohio State's extension in Wooster, Ohio has a small bee museum.  From what
I remember they would likely have containers from this period.  They had many
glass containers of all sorts as well as larger metal containers, 3-5 gallon
rectangular metal containers.

See http://www.oardc.ohio-state.edu/beelab/museum/

-Tim