Rare Vintage Crème Éclipse French Tin Sign Black Americana Shoe Polish Ad Art

Rare Vintage Crème Éclipse French Advertising Sign - Tin Litho Black Americana. Offered here is a striking original advertising sign for Crème Éclipse, a popular early 20th-century French shoe polish brand.

This tin lithograph features bold yellow coloration, graphic design elements, and a caricatured Black figure - typical of colonial-era European advertising. This piece is part of Black Americana and international advertising history, often collected for its unique, if problematic, role in visual culture. It reflects the stylized racial imagery widely used in marketing during the early 1900s. Tin litho sign with punched mounting holes (originally nailed to wall). Brilliant original colors with age-consistent wear.

French text reads: "Eclipse tous les cirages" ("Eclipses all other polishes"). Unrestored; holes and surface wear visible in corners (see photos). This item does not promote racial stereotypes-it is presented strictly as an artifact of vintage advertising.