Two essentials : a good nurse and plenty of Bovril / [Bovril Limited].

  • Bovril Limited.
Date:
[between 1900 and 1909?]
  • Ephemera
  • Online

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Two essentials : a good nurse and plenty of Bovril / [Bovril Limited]. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

Small, folded novelty item on thin card. It is diecut into the shape of a nurse's head and shoulders (front and back views). "Two essentials" is in white letters, reversed out of the black of her dress. When opened it is a hand (wearing 2 bracelets and a frilly sleeved red dress) holding a cup of Bovril, with the legend, "Bovril, prescribed by leading physicians everywhere". Probably issued about 1900.

Publication/Creation

[London?] : [Bovril], [between 1900 and 1909?]

Physical description

1 sheet : illustrations ; 18 cm (folded to 9 cm)

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    EPH/49/54

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