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Snap Fasteners ("999" / Double Lion brand) on Original Retail Card
Object/Artifact
Sewing notions — press-stud snap fasteners on their original printed retail card. The front (image 1) is teal/blue with a white flower-shaped field holding five snaps around a central roundel reading "MODEL 999" (red numerals) with a Chinese character ("型," "type/model") beneath. The reverse (image 2) is printed in red with Chinese text "中国制造" (Made in China), "MADE IN CHINA," a circular guarantee trademark (star within a ring of "999"s and characters reading "双狮牌," "Double Lion brand"), the partial English words "…the guarant[eed] tradema[rk]," and a brand word (partly legible, "…utterfly"/roman script) — shows the socket sides of the snaps.
2025.1.405
Belonged to María A. Arús Caraballo
Mass-produced Chinese sewing notions of the same family as the "Butterfly" snaps cataloged previously. Chinese haberdashery reached Cuba through trade with China and the socialist bloc.
The Cabrera Arús family collection
María A. Arús Caraballo collection
2025.1
Double Lion
People's Republic of China
Asia
Brand/model: "999" (Model 999); trademark "双狮牌" (Double Lion brand), shown as a circular "guaranteed trademark" device.
No date printed. "Made in China" export notions of this style span much of the later 20th century.
Front: "MODEL 999"; "型" (type/model) Back: "中国制造" (Made in China); "MADE IN CHINA"; circular trademark with "999" and "双狮牌" (Double Lion brand); "…the guarant[eed] tradema[rk]"; partial roman-script brand word
1 retail card holding 5 snaps
Metal
Cardboard
Metal snaps (base metal — possibly blackened/japanned steel or brass; confirm); printed paper/card mount.
Fair
María A. Arús Caraballo
owner
Havana
Cuba
Caribbean
Central America
acquisition
People's Republic of China
Asia
production