Nine-pan set of opaque poster paints (Peitevärejä / Täckfärger)

Object/Artifact

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Archive of Cuban Socialism

Name/Title

Nine-pan set of opaque poster paints ("Peitevärejä / Täckfärger")

Entry/Object ID

2025.19.2

Description

A hang-packaged painting palette: a molded hard-plastic tray (now yellowed, with a keyhole hang-slot at top) holding nine round wells of pressed opaque ("covering") paint cakes, arranged three by three, secured by a printed paper band across the middle. Several cakes retain a metallic top bearing worn, only partly legible embossed circular lettering; others present as colored or tarnished metallic surfaces. The set appears complete at nine pans.

Collection

Elaine Acosta collection

Acquisition

Accession

2025.19

Source or Donor

Elaine Acosta

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Manufacturer

A. Wennström (Seur.) Oy

Place

City

Artjärvi

Country

Finland

Continent

Europe

Notes

Date: Undated; "Perustettu 1922" is the founding year. Packaging evidence indicates a likely early-to-mid-1990s date (post-1971 postal code; pre-1996 "918" area code; Artjärvi operations from c. 1992). Cannot be confirmed within 1959–1990 and likely falls just outside it. Tentative.

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Transcription

PEITEVAREJA TÄCKFÄRGER A-WENNSTRÖM

Notes

"PEITEVÄREJÄ / TÄCKFÄRGER" (Finnish/Swedish: opaque/poster colors) "A.-WENNSTRÖM SEUR. OY" "PERUSTETTU 1922" (Founded 1922) "16230 ARTJÄRVI KK ☎ 918-602282" Finnish-flag device and a key-and-ring logo Pans: embossed circular lettering on the metallic-topped cakes, only partly legible (fragments around the rim, likely a maker's seal — unconfirmed)

Materials

Material Notes

Materials: Molded hard plastic (palette tray); nine pressed opaque-paint cakes with metallic foil tops on several; printed paper band. Technique: Injection-molded plastic palette; cast/pressed paint cakes with embossed foil seals; offset-printed paper band.

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Elaine Acosta

Notes

owner

Related Places

Place

City

Havana

Country

Cuba

Region

Caribbean, Central America

Notes

use

Place

City

Artjärvi

Country

Finland

Continent

Europe

Notes

production

Research Notes

Notes

Peiteväri = opaque poster/gouache-type covering paint.

Created By

María A. Cabrera Arús

Create Date

August 25, 2025

Updated By

María A. Cabrera Arús

Update Date

June 14, 2026