Wooden toiletry box covered in shatteed pink silk covered over green cardboard box with flap lid with button snap closure.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Donated to the museum by Paul Fritz; originally belonged to donor's great-aunt Anne Elizabeth Green, graduate of Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing Class of 1909; items were used during military service in World War 1.
Rigaud began producing toiletries with the Mary Garden brand name in 1910
Material
paper: green
fabric: pink
metal: brass
tape: cream
ink: gold
Inscriptions
Printed on underside of lid: "MARY GARDEN // RIGAUD_PARIS."
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-C5-3
Dimension Notes
Length 5.5 cm x Width 12.0 cm x Depth 5.0 cm
Condition Remarks
Silk is extremely frayed, shattered and sections are missing; silk and tape are very discoloured particularly along the front and bottom panels; surface dirt throughout particularly along interior edges
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Internet
Reference Comments
"Vintage Mary Garden Perfumes and Toiletries," Ebay. August 4, 2008. July 22 2014
Research Facts
The Mary Garden line of cosmetics and toiletries bears the name and picture of a famous Scottish soprano opera singer.