Description: Dr. Oetker's baking powder promotion figure. Around 1930. Plaster, painted polychrome. 53 x 31 x 26 cm. On the back side indistinctly marked: Harberger (deepened). In 1893, Dr. August Oetker invented the baking powder 'Backin', a baking powder that developed to one of the most well-known German branded products. The trademark of the company Oetker, the women's profile bust on oval background, seen here on the Gugelhupf, is still used for all products up to this day.
Artist or Maker: Atelier Harberger, Deutschland/?sterreich
Date: About 1930
Condition Report: Condition Report available on request
Literature: Ein Exemplar dieser Werbefigur befindet sich im Bestand des Deutschen Historischen Museums Berlin. Vgl. Strategien der Werbekunst 1850-1933. Katalog zur Ausstellung Deutsches Historisches Museum Berlin 2004.