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Set of Ash Trays in a Holder

1930-1939 (manufactured)
Artist/Maker
Stadium (manufacturers)
Place of origin
Ponders End (manufactured)

Set of six identical stacking ash trays of heavily mottled green, brown, red and yellow Bakelite, with a matching holder. Each tray mug-shaped: circular, with a projecting cigarette rest which serves as a handle. The Stadium logo is on the underside of each.


Object details

Categories
Plastic
Smoking Accessories
Household Objects
Object type
Set of ash trays in a holder
Parts
This object consists of 7 parts.

  • Ash Trays
  • Ash Tray
  • Ashtray
  • Ash Tray
  • Ash Tray
  • Ash Tray
  • Ash Tray
Materials and techniques
Compression-moulded Bakelite
Bakelite
Phenolic
Compression Moulding
Brief description
Set of six ash trays in a holder; mottled Bakelite; Stadium, Ponders End, 1930s
Physical description
Set of six identical stacking ash trays of heavily mottled green, brown, red and yellow Bakelite, with a matching holder. Each tray mug-shaped: circular, with a projecting cigarette rest which serves as a handle. The Stadium logo is on the underside of each.
Dimensions
  • Holder height: 6.8cm
  • Holder diameter: 7.8cm
  • Ash trays length: 8.5cm
  • Ash trays diameter: 6.8cm
  • Ash trays height: 1.8cm
Production typeMass produced
Marks and inscriptions
'A STADIUM PRODUCT / BRITISH' (On underside of each.)
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).
Historical context
Stadium also made a more widely-available brown version of this object.
Collection
Metalwork Collection
Accession number
M.62-1984

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O325651/set-of-ash-stadium/
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