2025.20

Gift

MINIL

Maker: Brand "Fantasía," a Cuban state cosmetics line; the producer is not named on the label beyond a small monogram (unresolved). The probable manufacturer is the Empresa de Perfumería y Jabonería Suchel, the Cuban state perfumery/cosmetics enterprise (tentative). Brand confirmed via the collection's own documentation. Date: Undated. A Cuban domestic cosmetic; the Fantasía line is documented in the 1970s–80s Cuban-cosmetics context, so a date within 1959–1990 (likely 1970s–80s) is plausible but unconfirmed. Tentative.

Lid: "FANTASIA" with a gold rosebud-and-leaf device Underside label: "COLORETE EN POLVO / IRIDISCENTE / FANTASIA / ROSA INDIO / HECHO EN CUBA," with a small maker's monogram beneath (worn, not legibly resolved)

Materials: Molded black plastic (case); glass mirror; pressed cosmetic powder (rouge/blush) with an iridescent (pearl/mica) finish; paper label. Technique: Injection-molded plastic compact with hinged lid; gold lid printing (hot-stamp or screen); pressed powder cake; applied paper label.

Fair

"Fantasía" was a Cuban state makeup line spanning lipstick, compact-powder blush, eyeshadow, and nail polish; this is the iridescent compact-powder colorete in shade "Rosa Indio." Production of Cuban cosmetics and perfumery in the period was concentrated in the state enterprise Suchel, the probable producer here, though the label monogram could not be matched to confirm it. The Spanish-only label reflects a 1960s Cuban regulation favoring Spanish on packaging.