Henkel ‘Persil’ 100th Anniversary Tower Table Clock The clocks on 4 sides are all in working order. Clock mechanisms are made in Germany. You can see their stamps under the dial. Made in Germany 1976 In 1922, the caricaturist and painter Kurt Heiligenstaedt was commissioned to design an advertising poster for Persil and modelled the lady on his friend Erna Muchow. He took her to the "KaDeWe" department store on Berlin's Alexanderplatz and bought her a white dress. With a Florentine hat on her head and a packet of Persil in her hand, for the painter: this became the „Weiße Dame“ from the end of 1922. At that time, Persil was already well-known because Henkel had revolutionised the washing process with its product. This poster marked the beginning of the great era of Persil posters. It adorned posters, enamel signs and house walls until the 1980s. The popular Persil clocks with their motif can still be found today in public places in many German cities. This watch, a rare and iconic model, is on sale