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"M" shaving cream metal tube
Object/Artifact
A collapsible aluminum tube of men's shaving cream, with a white ribbed plastic screw cap and a crimped base; the tube still contains cream. The body is printed silver/white with a diagonal design: "SHAVING CREAM" runs vertically up one side, a stylized green-and-blue brand emblem reading "M" sits mid-tube, and near the crimped base are the octagonal Pharmachim logo with "PHARMACHIM / BULGARIA." Soiled and discolored, with darkened/greenish residue near the shoulder.
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Belonged to Leopoldo Arús Gálvez
The Cabrera Arús family collection
Leopoldo Arús Caraballo collection
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Pharmachim AB
Bulgaria
Eastern Europe
Europe
M
Maker: Pharmachim, Bulgaria — the Bulgarian state pharmaceutical enterprise/foreign-trade house (the pre-1989 system was fully state-controlled, including import/export; Pharmachim later became part of the Sopharma group). Per the "PHARMACHIM / BULGARIA" mark and octagonal logo. Date: circa 1970s–1980s (tentative). No date/batch code legible. Place of Origin: Bulgaria (Pharmachim).
SHAVING CREAM M PHARMACHIM BULGARIA
English
3.5 cm
14.5 cm
tube, cap
aluminum
Plastic
Good
Leopoldo Arús Gálvez
owner
Pharmachim AB
producer
Havana
Cuba
Caribbean
Central America
use
Bulgaria
Eastern Europe
Europe
production
Brand (unverified): The green-and-blue emblem reads as "M," recorded as the apparent brand. A targeted search (including Bulgarian-language "крем за бръснене") found no documentation of a socialist-era Pharmachim "M" shaving cream — only unrelated present-day Bulgarian shaving products — so "M" is recorded as read from the tube, not externally confirmed; it may be a brand name or a maker/design logo. The firmly established elements remain the English "SHAVING CREAM" export labeling and the "PHARMACHIM / BULGARIA" maker mark.