Pears transparent soap
Maker
A & F Pears Ltd (estab. 1835)
Date
Circa 1800
Description
Oval-shaped soap bar with Pears name on top and "Pears Transparent Soap" on the bottom.
Pears transparent soap is a brand of soap first produced and sold in 1807 by Andrew Pears, at a factory just off Oxford Street in London, England. It was the world's first mass-market translucent soap. In the mid 1910s, Pears’ soap became part of Lever Brothers and moved production in the north west of England.
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