Rare Eclipse Cream playing card - 2 of hearts

Rare vintage Crème Éclipse advertising playing card, featuring a two of hearts and an illustrated back in dark blue, green, and yellow. The design depicts two celestial bodies with expressive faces: one smiling, the other in tears, reflecting the brand’s graphic style. The inscriptions "Cirage à la cire" and "Schoenkreem" accompany the name Crème Éclipse, arranged on the sides. An original small advertisement, to be displayed in a collection of antique playing cards, illustrated advertisements, or documents related to shoe polish.

✦ Period: Early 20th century.
✦ Provenance: Inscriptions in French and Dutch.
✦ Dimensions: approx. 8.5 × 6 cm
✦ Material: Color-printed cardboard.
✦ Condition: Patinated card, small stains, and wear on edges and corners. Crease in one corner of the advertising back. Colors well preserved. See photos.

An antique Crème Éclipse playing card with a two-celestial-bodies design, for collectors of drugstore advertisements and commercials.