Vintage shoe polish tin "La Lubrifiante - Tannic Grease"

Beautiful antique lithographed tin advertising box that contained a tannic grease intended for the maintenance, softening, and waterproofing of hiking, work, or outdoor shoes. Its particularly successful design, combining stylized hiking boots with a mountain landscape treated in an Art Deco style, gives it a strong visual presence. This iconography is much less common than that of traditional shoe polish or leather grease boxes, which explains the interest it holds for collectors of antique advertising and objects related to mountain sports.

✦ Provenance: France
✦ Estimated period: Circa 1930
✦ Dimensions: approx. 10.5 x 4 cm
✦ Material: Lithographed tin
✦ Condition: Good overall condition, slight wear and traces of use, well-preserved lithography

A typical illustration of the advertising aesthetic of the 1930s, combining the world of footwear, mountains, and outdoor leisure in a particularly decorative graphic composition.