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Orange Wrapper

1930s-60s (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Paper wrapper for an orange


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Colour relief print
Brief description
Unknown. One of a collection of 141 orange wrappers (E.160-300-1988) from Spain and Italy ca. 1930-1960.
Physical description
Paper wrapper for an orange
Marks and inscriptions
Each wrapper is inscribed in pencil or impressed with the dates of the decade in which they were collected, and lettered with the collector's name. Lettered also with brand name and country of origin
Credit line
Given by Hans Peter Weber
Object history
The donor's collection of 141 orange wrappers from Spain and Italy ca. 1930-1960 is recorded in the Guiness Book of Records, 1988.
Production
Anonymous : Trade labels: 1930-1960
Collection
Accession number
E.272-1988

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Record createdNovember 24, 2008
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