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Bowl

1930-1939 (manufactured)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Bowl of black Bakelite, boldly mottled in red and olive. It stands on a small foot and rises sharply, with vertical sides. On the base is the moulded inscription 'A STADIUM PRODUCT / BRITISH' with the company logo, a house.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Compression-moulded Bakelite
Brief description
Bowl, black Bakelite with red and yellow mottling; Stadium, Ponders End, 1930s
Physical description
Bowl of black Bakelite, boldly mottled in red and olive. It stands on a small foot and rises sharply, with vertical sides. On the base is the moulded inscription 'A STADIUM PRODUCT / BRITISH' with the company logo, a house.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 14.5cm
  • Height: 7cm
Production typeMass produced
Marks and inscriptions
'A STADIUM PRODUCT / BRITISH' (Moulded on the bottom)
Object history
Fred Bulmer, a collector based in Leeds, Yorkshire, offered his collection of ‘plastic antiques’ to the V&A in late 1982. The Museum chose to purchase 59 objects from Bulmer the following year (for acquisition papers see MA/1/B3395). The objects were divided among the Museum’s collections according to object type: Furniture and Woodwork taking 26 objects (W.50 to 75-1983), Metalwork 18 objects (M.49 to 66-1984) and Ceramics and Glass 14 objects (C.41 to 54-1984).
Collection
Accession number
C.44-1984

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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