Imitation bar of Kohler chocolate

Datasheet
Type of object
Model
Origin
Switzerland
Technique and material

Paper, wood

Date
1910
Dimensions
1 x 16 cm

Shop window displays used imitation bars of chocolate such as this one, where a thin piece of wood was covered with two paper wrappers, one above the other. If the bar of ‘chocolate’ became faded by sunlight, the first layer of paper could be removed to give a fresh new wrapper.