Soap
Pictorial soap London
Category
Household and miscellaneous
Date
Unknown
Materials
Soap, plastic and cardboard
Measurements
Soap –85 mm (length); 55 mm (width), Box -210 mm (length); 60 mm (width)
Place of origin
Bovey Tracey
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 663004
Summary
A pair of oval soaps in a box each with a ‘Beatrix Potter’ character design on. One has a colour image of Jeremy Fisher, the other of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle. On the box it states that the decoration (colour images) lasts the life of the soap. The box is made of cream cardboard with red writing and transparent plastic windows through which the soap can be seen displayed in oval shaped cardboard holders. Total number of items is 4.
Marks and inscriptions
Transfer decoration on Jeremy Fisher soap: THE TALE OF/ MR. JEREMY FISHER/ by/ BEATRIX POTTER/ THE stickleback floundered/ about the boat,/ F. WARNE AND CO. LTD. Transfer decoration on Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle soap: THE TALE OF/ MRS. TIGGY-WINKLE/ by BEATRIX POTTER/ MRS. TIGGY-WINKLE'S nose went sniffle, sniffle,/ sniffle/ F. WARNE AND CO. LTD.
Makers and roles
Pictorial soap London , maker