Trinket Box
1935-1936 (made)
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Round box with lid made from black urea formaldehyde. The shallow lid rises in a sharp angle to a flat top. In the centre of the lid is glued a white profile portrait of King Edward VIII.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Compression moulded urea formaldehyde |
| Brief description | Circular box with lid; urea formaldehyde; Edward VIII; Beetle Products Company, 1936 |
| Physical description | Round box with lid made from black urea formaldehyde. The shallow lid rises in a sharp angle to a flat top. In the centre of the lid is glued a white profile portrait of King Edward VIII. |
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| Production type | Mass produced |
| Marks and inscriptions | 'Beetleware MADE IN ENGLAND' (Moulded) |
| 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). |
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| Accession number | C.43-1984 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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