Soap [Goya Wild Silk]

Maker and role
Goya, Manufacturer
Reckitt and Colman (New Zealand) Limited, Maker
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Object detail

Accession number
2015.128.89
Production period
Description
1. Packaging: Navy blue rectangular cardboard box with light blue swirls, opening at top and base. Front is labelled in light blue " Wild / Silk / GOYA / PERFUMED / SOAP". In permanent marker along top is handwritten "TANIWHA 1968". On the reverse of the box labelled "Goya / PARIS LONDON / NEW YORK", and in a white rectangle, labelled in navy blue "Prepared in N.Z. for the / GOYA DIVISION / of Reckitt & Colman (N.Z.) Ltd., / Auckland".
2. Soap: Light blue/grey rectangular bar of soap with rounded edges and convex faces. There is an indented rectangle in centre of front "WILD SILK / GOYA". Reverse is labelled "GOYA".
3. Insert: White corrugated cardboard packaging covering soap in box. Open rectangular box shaped.
Marks
Wild / Silk / GOYA / PERFUMED / SOAP Printed
Goya / PARIS LONDON / NEW YORK Printed
Prepared in N.Z. for the / GOYA DIVISION / of Reckitt & Colman (N.Z.) Ltd., / Auckland Printed
TANIWHA 1968 Hand-written
WILD SILK / GOYA Printed
GOYA Printed
Collection
Credit Line
Goya et al. Soap [Goya Wild Silk], 2015.128.89. The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).

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