Description
This Dutch advertising poster shows an anthropomorphic bee in maid’s cap and apron polishing a brass vessel beneath the headline “Madneze poetspasta.” The line “zonder zuur, giftvrij” promotes the paste as acid-free and non-poisonous, and the seal describes it as a polish for all metals.
The design has a witty early Dutch commercial style with warm brown modelling, pink-red display type, and a single oversized mascot dominating the sheet. The Kotting imprint and Verschuuren signature are visible lower-left.
