Soap [McLeod's Native Flowers]
Maker and role
McLeod Brothers Limited, Maker
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Object detail
Accession number
2015.128.84
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Production period
Description
1. Case Lid: Hard, clear plastic case lid, square, with faceting.
2. Case Base: Hard, clear plastic case base, square, with faceting. There is a circular hole drilled in the centre of the base and there are Chinese characters. "100g"
3. Soap and packaging: Square soap with rounded edges, encased in green tissue paper with two white paper labels crossing at front and taped at back. "PREPARED / FROM A / NATURAL / SOAP BASE, / THE RICH / SCENTED / LATHER / GENTLY / CLEANSES / AND / PERFUMES THE / SKIN / McLeod's / SINCE 1968 / LUXURY / TOILET / SOAP / ALPINE LILY / EASTER ORCHID / HONEYSUCKLE / LEMONWOOD". There is a colour picture of a white flower "native flowers / Alpine Lily / DIRECTIONS... FOR A / LUXURIOUS FRAGRANT BATH, / GENTLY CRUMBLE ONE OR BOTH / CUBES INTO THE WATER. / net weight / 50g / McLeod Bros Ltd. / Dunedin, / New Zealand". There is a patch of twink on centre front label.
2. Case Base: Hard, clear plastic case base, square, with faceting. There is a circular hole drilled in the centre of the base and there are Chinese characters. "100g"
3. Soap and packaging: Square soap with rounded edges, encased in green tissue paper with two white paper labels crossing at front and taped at back. "PREPARED / FROM A / NATURAL / SOAP BASE, / THE RICH / SCENTED / LATHER / GENTLY / CLEANSES / AND / PERFUMES THE / SKIN / McLeod's / SINCE 1968 / LUXURY / TOILET / SOAP / ALPINE LILY / EASTER ORCHID / HONEYSUCKLE / LEMONWOOD". There is a colour picture of a white flower "native flowers / Alpine Lily / DIRECTIONS... FOR A / LUXURIOUS FRAGRANT BATH, / GENTLY CRUMBLE ONE OR BOTH / CUBES INTO THE WATER. / net weight / 50g / McLeod Bros Ltd. / Dunedin, / New Zealand". There is a patch of twink on centre front label.
Marks
"PREPARED / FROM A / NATURAL / SOAP BASE, / THE RICH / SCENTED / LATHER / GENTLY / CLEANSES / AND / PERFUMES THE / SKIN / McLeod's / SINCE 1968 / LUXURY / TOILET / SOAP / ALPINE LILY / EASTER ORCHID / HONEYSUCKLE / LEMONWOOD Printed
native flowers / Alpine Lily / DIRECTIONS... FOR A / LUXURIOUS FRAGRANT BATH, / GENTLY CRUMBLE ONE OR BOTH / CUBES INTO THE WATER. / net weight / 50g / McLeod Bros Ltd. / Dunedin, / New Zealand Printed
native flowers / Alpine Lily / DIRECTIONS... FOR A / LUXURIOUS FRAGRANT BATH, / GENTLY CRUMBLE ONE OR BOTH / CUBES INTO THE WATER. / net weight / 50g / McLeod Bros Ltd. / Dunedin, / New Zealand Printed
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Collection
Credit Line
McLeod Brothers Limited. Soap [McLeod's Native Flowers], 2015.128.84. The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).
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