Pear's soap is absolutely pure : free from excess of alkali, and from artificial colouring matter. Delightfully perfumed, durable, and has been in good repute nearly 100 years : a speciality for children.
- Pears (A. & F.) Limited.
- Date:
- [1905]
- Ephemera
About this work
Description
A magazine insert from February 1905. The front is designed to look like an illuminated manuscript, printed in red and green. "Pear's Soap" in particular is heavily illuminated. On the reverse is a line illustration of a baby reaching out of a tin bath for a cake of soap on the floor. This image was used several times by Pear's in their advertising.
Publication/Creation
[London] : Pears, [1905]
Physical description
1 sheet : illustrations ; 23 cm
Contributors
Notes
"The great authority on the skin, the late Sir Erasmus Wilson, president of the Royal College of Surgeons of England calls it a "balm for the skin," and strongly recommends its use for the complexion."
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Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed storesEPH/161/2