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K1362 Packaged soap (4), 'Sunlight', paper / soap, made by Lever Brothers Pty Ltd, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, date unknown
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Object statement
Packaged soap (4), 'Sunlight', paper / soap, made by Lever Brothers Pty Ltd, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, date unknown
Production Notes include information about the design, manufacture and marketing of an object. Production notes
The soap was made by Lever Brothers Pty Limited in Sydney, New South Wales.
History Notes include facts about what has happened to an object since manufacture. This could include who owned it and how it was used (provenance). It may also describe any cultural meanings with which it may have become associated. History notes
William Hesketh Lever is credited with being the first person to imprint a brand name on a bar of soap, which was then packaged before sale. As such the now famous Sunlight soap began sale in 1885. Originally made in the UK, Lever soon targeted other countries in which to market Sunlight soap. Lever Brothers established their first factory in Australia in Balmain, Sydney, 1899, producing its first bar of Sunlight soap in 1900.

In 1962 Lever Brothers Pty Ltd merged with J. Kitchen & Sons Pty Ltd to form Lever & Kitchen Pty Ltd.

http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/asaw/biogs/A000327b.htm
http://www.redgumsoaps.com.au/52.0.html

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Description
Packaged soap (4), 'Sunlight', paper / soap made by Lever Brothers Pty Ltd, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, date unknown.

Four packets of 'Sunlight' soap consisting of a square box that has been printed on all sides in blue, red, yellow and white. Three of the four packets contain cakes of soap and one is empty.

Made: Lever Brothers; Sydney
Marks
White text across each of the boxes 'SUNLIGHT / SOAP'.
The Registration Number of an object is a unique identifying number applied by the museum at the point of acquisition. Current numbering format comprises the year of acquisition, followed by a sequential number. For example, '2007/45' is the Registration Number that represents the 45th acquisition in the year 2007. Registration number
K1362

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Acquisition credit line
Gift of Betty Stones, 1984
Subjects
+ Domestic history
+ Domestic life
+ Housework
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