Soap [Goya Wild Silk]

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

Accession number
2015.128.88
Production period
Description
1. Packaging: Navy blue rectangular cardboard box, white on reverse, opening at both ends. Front is labelled in light blue " Wild / Silk / PERFUMED SOAP / GOYA". On long and short sides in blue writing "GOYA". On the reverse of the box near the bottom, labelled in navy blue "GOYA / LONDON - PARIS - NEW YORK / Made in New Zealand / Reckitt & Colman (N.Z.) Ltd. / Auckland". There is a white sticker cellotaped on the side of the box with "Jan / 1971" handwritten in blue pen.
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 / PERFUMED SOAP / GOYA Printed
GOYA Printed
GOYA / LONDON - PARIS - NEW YORK / Made in New Zealand / Reckitt & Colman (N.Z.) Ltd. / Auckland Printed
Jan / 1971 Sticker
WILD SILK / GOYA Printed
GOYA Printed
Collection
Credit Line
Goya et al. Soap [Goya Wild Silk], 2015.128.88. The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).

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