Soap block
Brookes Monkey Brand
Category
Household and miscellaneous
Date
Unknown
Materials
Cardboard, Soap
Measurements
55 x 40 mm; 50 mm (Height); 39 mm (Width); 135 mm (Length); 62 mm (Length)
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Llanerchaeron, Ceredigion
NT 553517.3
Summary
One of two soap blocks - Rectangular cardboard box, red and black with white type and a picture of a monkey, containing two blocks of cream coloured soap, impressed with 'BROOKE'S MONKEY BRAND'
Provenance
Purchased as part of Geler Jones Collection in 1994.
Marks and inscriptions
(front) 'BROOKES SOAP, MONKEY BRAND CLEANS WITHOUT SCRATCHING' On side 'MONKEY BRAND FOR ALL HOUSEHOLD CLEANING...' On back 'DIRECTIONS...'
Makers and roles
Brookes Monkey Brand