Laiterie Suisse
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
ca. 1905
This erotic postcard, titled "Laiterie Suisse," is a lithographic print created around 1905 by Monopol in Zürich. The composition depicts a female torso featuring a pair of large breasts exposed above the decorated neckline of a bustier. The garment is rendered in dark tones adorned with floral elements, trim, and cords.
The card measures approximately 9 cm in height by 14 cm in width and is part of the Milford Haven Collection. It forms part of an assemblage of French, Italian, and German postcards originally mounted across three bound albums measuring 13.6 cm high, 21 cm wide, and 5.5 cm deep when closed.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Historical context
This card was originally part of a collection of 442 "Cartes postales fantaisistes" owned by a member of the Milford Haven family. Mounted in three bound albums categorized by subject matter—including scatological themes—the collection was accompanied by a typed catalogue dating to 1960, the year it was acquired by E.J. Dingwell.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- Lithograph
- Dimensions
- Height (album): 13.6 cm; Width (album): 21 cm; Depth (album): 5.5 cm; Height (card): 9 cm; Width (card): 14 cm
Technical characteristics
- Inscriptions
- Date: Text: Research required; Latest: Research required; Earliest: Research required; Note: Labels and text printed on album cover; Type: Research required; Medium: Research required; Method: Research required; Script: Research required; Content: 'SECTIONS 7 8 10 11 12 / Post Cards / The Milford Haven Collection / of / Post Cards. / Numbers 323 - 326 / " 336 - 340 / " 420 - 441 / " 453 - 504 / " 508 - 515'; Language: Research required; Position: Research required; Inscriber: Name: Id: Research required; Text: Research required; Association: Id: Research required; Text: Research required; Description: Research required; Translation: Research required; Interpretation: Research required; Transliteration: Research required
- Maker recorded
- Monopol
- Place recorded
- Zürich
Identification
- Source note
- Transcribed from the Victoria and Albert Museum collection record for this single object; how far it represents a wider collectible type has not been independently verified.
- Museum object name
- Laiterie Suisse
- Museum object number
- E.523:324-2001
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.