Soap [Plunket Soap]

Object detail

Accession number

2015.128.24

Maker

Kempthorne and Prosser Company Limited

Description

Soap: Rectangular block of soap sealed in packaging. Packaging is pink coloured wax paper with picture of mother and child on. Labelled: "KEMPTHORNE'S / Plunket / Soap". Reverse is labelled "Manufactured for / KEMPTHORNE PROSSER / & CO. LTD. Dunedin."

Marks

KEMPTHORNE'S / Plunket / Soap Printed
Manufactured for / KEMPTHORNE PROSSER / & CO. LTD. Dunedin. Printed

Media/Materials

Organic
Processed Material/Paper

Collection

Soap Collection

Credit Line

Kempthorne and Prosser Company Limited. Soap [Plunket Soap], 2015.128.24. The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).

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Classification

Soap Personal Artefacts Toilet Articles Hygiene Artefacts

Production place

New Zealand

Collection type

Social History Domestic Technology Technology

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