SHELL AUTO-OLIE - SINGLE SHELL - c.1930 - THE HAGUE, Netherlands
SHELL AUTO-OLIE - SINGLE SHELL - c.1930 - THE HAGUE, Netherlands
Rare, original, conical promotional automotive oil can made of lithographed sheet metal. Capacity: 1 liter.
27 cm tall.
In good overall condition—
vibrant colors, superb original luster.
Features a period inscription: “13-270”
The main design is well-preserved, despite minor signs of wear (light scratches and scattered traces of oxidation).
The can has been opened and used.
AUTO-OLIE: “CAR OIL”
The name “Shell” first appeared in 1891 for oil marketed in the Far East by Marcus Samuel, a London merchant from a family that specialized in the trade of shells, antiques, and more…
The Shell Transport and Trading Company was founded in 1897 and adopted the scallop shell as its emblem in 1904.
In 1907, its merger with the Royal Dutch Petroleum Company, founded in the Netherlands in 1890, gave rise to the Royal Dutch Shell Group.
In France, the group partnered with Maison Deutsch de la Meurthe in 1922 to create the Société des Pétroles Jupiter, which became Shell Française in 1948.
SHELL AUTO-OLIE - SINGLE SHELL - c.1930 - THE HAGUE, Netherlands
Rare, original, conical promotional automotive oil can made of lithographed sheet metal. Capacity: 1 liter.
27 cm tall.
In good overall condition—
vibrant colors, superb original luster.
Features a period inscription: “13-270”
The main design is well-preserved, despite minor signs of wear (light scratches and scattered traces of oxidation).
The can has been opened and used.
AUTO-OLIE: “CAR OIL”
The name “Shell” first appeared in 1891 for oil marketed in the Far East by Marcus Samuel, a London merchant from a family that specialized in the trade of shells, antiques, and more…
The Shell Transport and Trading Company was founded in 1897 and adopted the scallop shell as its emblem in 1904.
In 1907, its merger with the Royal Dutch Petroleum Company, founded in the Netherlands in 1890, gave rise to the Royal Dutch Shell Group.
In France, the group partnered with Maison Deutsch de la Meurthe in 1922 to create the Société des Pétroles Jupiter, which became Shell Française in 1948.
