Not currently on display at the V&A

Cigarette Box

1930-1940 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Brown Bakelite cigarette box. The lid is decorated with a diamond motif with the word 'Cigarettes', on a frosted background.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Cigarette Box
  • Lid
Materials and techniques
Compression moulded phenol formaldehyde ('Bakelite')
Brief description
Cigarette box; brown Bakelite; probably UK; probably 1930s
Physical description
Brown Bakelite cigarette box. The lid is decorated with a diamond motif with the word 'Cigarettes', on a frosted background.
Dimensions
  • Length: 14cm
  • Width: 8.3cm
  • Height: 3.8cm
Measurements taken from paper records - not checked on object.
Marks and inscriptions
'Cigarettes'
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
W.72-1983

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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