Arm and Hammer Salerutus Gorgeous Late 19th C Trade Card rubber striped snake with one small rough spot

with one small rough spot along the right lower edge

and what incredibly beautiful objects I think they are

Early 20th century British and signed HS at lower right

reminding one of how much effort it would take to make one of these

I bought a bunch of these together--there are a few I am listing individually

Arm and Hammer Salerutus Gorgeous Late 19th C Trade Card rubber striped snake with one small rough spotI do believe this is the most beautiful advertising trade card I have ever seen combining perhaps the best company logo ever with the perfect graphic design (that lettering!) and beautiful production (that gold!). I have only found one other like this, held in the San Diego State University Library Special Collections; it's a rare one. And dates to the late 19th century, as soon after Arm and Hammer changed the name from Salerutus to the perhaps