Pipe Rack
1930-1939 (made)
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Brown, mottled Bakelite pipe rack with spaces for four tobacco pipes and a central container for pipe cleaners. The bowls of the pipes would rest in shallow moulded depressions on the stepped base. The moulding was done in two parts and screwed together. Above the central column there is a triangular hook, for wall-mounting.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Compression-moulded Bakelite |
| Brief description | Pipe rack, brown Bakelite; AB Ware, England, 1930s |
| Physical description | Brown, mottled Bakelite pipe rack with spaces for four tobacco pipes and a central container for pipe cleaners. The bowls of the pipes would rest in shallow moulded depressions on the stepped base. The moulding was done in two parts and screwed together. Above the central column there is a triangular hook, for wall-mounting. |
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| Production type | Mass produced |
| Marks and inscriptions | 'BRITISH WARE AB' (Moulded on the reverse.) |
| 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 | M.56-1984 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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