Shearing Pharmaceutical Advertising Bookends Pre-Colombian Repro Clay Sculptures for Sale

Shearing Pharmaceutical Advertising Bookends Pre-Colombian Repro Clay Sculptures For Sale

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Shearing Pharmaceutical Advertising Bookends Pre-Colombian Repro Clay Sculptures:
$125.00

Vintage Schering Pharmaceutical advertising bookends for Valisone. Reproduction sculptures of Pre-Columbian figures showing skin lesions that may have been treatable with the drug. Below is an interesting write up from an avid bookend collector. Each bookend measures 4.75\" L x 3\" D x 5\" T.

\"These pottery and wood bookends were issued by the Schering pharmaceutical company in about 1973, to promote Schering products. Each bookend holds a museum reproduction of a pottery piece from the Colima culture of Mexico. The original clay sculptures are about 1500 years old and show an individual scratching his skin disorders. Presumably, The Schering skin cream, Valisone, could have helped ease the medical condition, so the reproduction pieces were used to promote Valisone.\"

\"The original ceramic sculpture is pictured in the book, Precolumbian Dermatology & Cosmetology In Mexico, by Dominique D. Verut, M.D., Chanticleer Press. Inc., New York.1973. Dr Verut, a prominent dermatologist, wrote that the skin lesions could be from tuberculosis, deep mycosis,syphilis, or tumors. The documentation of the sculpture as featured in this volume elevates the bookends from simple Schering promotional items to unique bookends featuring precolumbian ceramics, and increases their value to all collectors interested in this subject.\"

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