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Not currently on display at the V&A

Shaving Soap Bowl

1936-1939 (manufactured)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Round bowl with screw-on lid, made from red mottled Bakelite. The bowl stands on a moulded foot, the lid is decorated with a moulded pattern of concentric rings, and is inlaid with a metal logo for Rolls Razor. Inside, at the bottom, there are three moulded bumps.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Soap Dish
  • Lid
Materials and techniques
Compression-moulded Bakelite
Brief description
Shaving soap bowl with lid; red Bakelite; made for Rolls Razor, England, probably late-1930s
Physical description
Round bowl with screw-on lid, made from red mottled Bakelite. The bowl stands on a moulded foot, the lid is decorated with a moulded pattern of concentric rings, and is inlaid with a metal logo for Rolls Razor. Inside, at the bottom, there are three moulded bumps.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 9.8cm
  • Height: 3.8cm
Production typeMass produced
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).
Production
An identical bowl in green Bakelite, made for H. Bronnley, is also in the V&A collection (see M.52-1984).
Association
Associated object
M.52-1984 (Version)
Collection
Accession number
M.64-1984

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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