Alice in Wonderland Joy-Bom
Indoor Firework
1935-1940 (manufactured)
1935-1940 (manufactured)
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Indoor firework container, a cylinder of card laminated with colour-printed paper. The sides of the tube are decorated with illustrations, in red, yellow, blue, white and black, of Alice, The Mad Hatter, The Duchess and The March Hare. The tube is mounted on a blue card disc, which has a larger diameter than the tube. On the base is a printed paper sheet of instructions for use.
With the container are ten small toys, all made from blow-moulded cellulose nitrate. Most are painted with colours, some are articulated with string. The characters represent: Alice (tall); Alice (small); The Mad Hatter; The King of Hearts; The Duchess. Also in the container is an elephant; a small dog; a whistle shaped like an orange parrot, with small metal wheels.
With the container are ten small toys, all made from blow-moulded cellulose nitrate. Most are painted with colours, some are articulated with string. The characters represent: Alice (tall); Alice (small); The Mad Hatter; The King of Hearts; The Duchess. Also in the container is an elephant; a small dog; a whistle shaped like an orange parrot, with small metal wheels.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 11 parts.
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| Title | Alice in Wonderland Joy-Bom (manufacturer's title) |
| Materials and techniques | Printed paper, card; blow-moulded cellulose nitrate, painted; metal |
| Brief description | Container for an indoor firework, 'Alice in Wonderland Joy-Bom', printed paper on card, with plastic toys, Standard Fireworks, Huddersfield, 1930s |
| Physical description | Indoor firework container, a cylinder of card laminated with colour-printed paper. The sides of the tube are decorated with illustrations, in red, yellow, blue, white and black, of Alice, The Mad Hatter, The Duchess and The March Hare. The tube is mounted on a blue card disc, which has a larger diameter than the tube. On the base is a printed paper sheet of instructions for use. With the container are ten small toys, all made from blow-moulded cellulose nitrate. Most are painted with colours, some are articulated with string. The characters represent: Alice (tall); Alice (small); The Mad Hatter; The King of Hearts; The Duchess. Also in the container is an elephant; a small dog; a whistle shaped like an orange parrot, with small metal wheels. |
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| Production type | Mass produced |
| Marks and inscriptions | "Standard"
ALICE IN WONDERLAND
JOY-BOM
Stand the Joy-Bom on a tin tray on the floor or table, clear of all globes or other breakables. Light the small red fuse. / ALICE TALL and ALICE SMALL, the WHITE RABBIT, the MAD HATTER, the DUCHESS, the CHESHIRE CAT and many other characters come bursting out of the Bom. /
Standard Firewords Ltd., Huddersfield / 2/6 / Contents from Foreign Lands.
(On a printed label on the container's underside.) |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by Lois Anne Clater |
| Object history | Bequeathed by Lois Anne Clater. 'Peerless Trading' was a fancy goods shop and toy importer located in Harrogate, Yorkshire, the business was owned by Albert Edward Conway. Lois Anne Clater was the daughter of Albert Edward Conway, and it was from her the Museum received four objects (see B.48 to 51-2017). The family believe these toys were originally acquired as trade samples for Peerless Trading, and that they were not played with. |
| Literary reference | Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll |
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| Accession number | B.51:1 to 11-2017 |
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| Record created | June 22, 2017 |
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