Soap [Potter & Moore]
Maker and role
Potter & Moore, Manufacturer
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Object detail
Accession number
2015.128.177
Maker
Production period
Description
Box: Rectangular cardboard box opening at both ends, with green cross-hatching pattern. Handwritten in pencil on front is "13/4/49".
Soap: Rectangular, ivory coloured block of soap with rounded corners. Within an indented rectangle on front is "POTTER & MOORE'S / ESTD. 1749 / MITCHAM / LAVENDER SOAP".
Pamphlet: Folding paper pamphlet containing "Recorded history of the / house of Potter & Moore, / distillers of Lavender at / Mitcham, Surrey England / since 1749" and "A Short History of Mitcham".
Soap: Rectangular, ivory coloured block of soap with rounded corners. Within an indented rectangle on front is "POTTER & MOORE'S / ESTD. 1749 / MITCHAM / LAVENDER SOAP".
Pamphlet: Folding paper pamphlet containing "Recorded history of the / house of Potter & Moore, / distillers of Lavender at / Mitcham, Surrey England / since 1749" and "A Short History of Mitcham".
Marks
13/4/49 Hand-written
POTTER & MOORE'S / ESTD. 1749 / MITCHAM / LAVENDER SOAP Printed
Recorded history of the / house of Potter & Moore, / distillers of Lavender at / Mitcham, Surrey England / since 1749 Printed
A Short History of Mitcham Printed
POTTER & MOORE'S / ESTD. 1749 / MITCHAM / LAVENDER SOAP Printed
Recorded history of the / house of Potter & Moore, / distillers of Lavender at / Mitcham, Surrey England / since 1749 Printed
A Short History of Mitcham Printed
Media/Materials
Collection
Credit Line
Potter & Moore. Soap [Potter & Moore], 2015.128.177. The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).
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