Name/Title
"Aquazul" soap box (empty)Entry/Object ID
2025.1.280Description
Two-piece rigid paperboard set-up box — a lift-off lid over a base/tray. The lid is covered in teal-green paper printed with a flowing Art Nouveau water/wave motif in navy outline with tan/gold linework and scattered dots, lettered "JABON" (small) above "AQUAZUL" in a stylized display face. The base/tray is plain, foxed paperboard retaining a remnant of white tissue liner; no soap bar is present.Use
Box preserved as storage by Gertrudis Caraballo Gálvez.Context
"Aquazul" (a contraction of agua azul, "blue water," echoed by the watery graphics) was a Cuban toilet soap (jabón de tocador).Collection
The Cabrera Arús family collection, Gertrudis Caraballo Gálvez collecitionMade/Created
Manufacturer
MINILPlace
Country
CubaRegion
Caribbean, Central AmericaEdition
AquazulInscription/Signature/Marks
Notes
Lid: "JABON / AQUAZUL."Dimensions
Height
3 cmWidth
9 cmLength
17.5 cmParts
Lift-off lid; base/tray. (Both present.)Materials
Material
CardboardMaterial Notes
Rigid paperboard; lithographed paper covering; tissue-paper remnant.Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Gertrudis Caraballo GálvezNotes
OwnerRelated Places
Place
City
HavanaCountry
CubaRegion
Caribbean, Central AmericaNotes
Acquisition, productionCreated By
María A. Cabrera ArúsCreate Date
March 31, 2022Updated By
María A. Cabrera ArúsUpdate Date
June 15, 2026
