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"Minuet" face powder (polvo facial) box
Object/Artifact
Round cardboard face-powder/concealer (polvo facial) box, shown from the lithographed top. The design centers a rose/pink pinwheel of radiating triangular "blades" rising from a black disc; across the disc, "Minuet" appears in white cursive script above "POLVO FACIAL" in gold/cream, with an interlocked cursive maker's monogram beneath. The box wall and lid rim are rose-pink; the cream ground is toned and browned with age (foxing), with soiling and edge wear to the cardboard.
2025.1.363
Belonged to Gertrudis Caraballo Gálvez
"Polvo facial" is face powder. Minuet was a Cuban cosmetics brand.
The Cabrera Arús family collection
Gertrudis Caraballo Gálvez collecition
2025.1
MINIL
Cuba
Caribbean
Central America
Minuet
Manufacturer: Cuban state cosmetics industry (Ministry of Light Industry; perfumery-cosmetics enterprises later consolidated under Suchel) — tentative as to the specific enterprise; the interlocked monogram is the maker's device but is not confidently expandable. Brand "Minuet" confirmed by the lid. Designer of the lithograph not identified. Date: circa 1960s; tentative.
cap
Minuet polvo facial
Spanish
Minuet facial powder
Lid: "Minuet" (white cursive); "POLVO FACIAL" (gold/cream); interlocked cursive monogram beneath.
3.5 cm
6.9 cm
Lid (lithographed cardboard); box base/wall (cardboard). Powder.
Cardboard
Cardboard (box and lid); printed/lithographed paper surface. Face-powder
Fair
Gertrudis Caraballo Gálvez
owner
Havana
Cuba
Caribbean
Central America
use