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"Cirene" nourishing cream jar
Object/Artifact
Small cylindrical cosmetics jar with a screw-on lid, molded in pale celadon/sea-green. The lid is plain; the body carries screen-printed white lettering and a central emblem: a circular medallion enclosing a classical female profile bust (rendered in gold foil), flanked by two laurel/wheat sprigs. Text reads "CREMA NUTRITIVA" above and the brand "CIRENE" below the medallion. Empty.
2025.1.191
Belonged to Gertrudis Caraballo Gálvez
Container often reused to store small objects.
The Cabrera Arús family collection
Gertrudis Caraballo Gálvez collecition
2025.1
MINIL
Cuba
Caribbean
Central America
Cirene
Inscription
front and back of the container
"CREMA NUTRITIVA" "CIRENE" "LA HABANA"
Spanish
"nourishing cream" "Cirene (brand name)" "The Habana"
Inscribed
Inscriptions/Marks: Screen-printed, white: "CREMA NUTRITIVA" (upper) and "CIRENE" (lower). Central gold-foil classical female profile bust within a ringed medallion, flanked by laurel/wheat sprigs. No maker name, volume, lot, or date visible; base and lid top not imaged. Materials: Molded plastic, pale green (tentative — milk/opal glass not fully excluded from images); screen-printed enamel/ink lettering; gold foil or metallic-print medallion.
4.5 x 5.3
5.3 cm
4.5 cm
Plastic
Technique: Molded jar and lid; screen-printed graphics; foil-stamped or metallic-printed medallion.
Good
Fair
Gertrudis Caraballo Gálvez
owner
Havana
Cuba
Caribbean
Central America
use, purchase, preservation of contained
"Cirene" is the Spanish form of Cyrene, a nymph of Greek mythology; the classical profile bust and laurel motif play on that allusion — a generic mythological figure, not a portrait of a real person.