Powder Bowl
1930-1939 (manufactured)
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Powder bowl and lid, part of a dressing table set, green pearlescent cellulose acetate, with amber-coloured cellulose acetate details. The bowl is bulbous, and has a squat shape, it rests on three transluscent amber feet, with a double amber line running around the body at its widest point. The lotus-shaped lid also has amber edging and a button knob.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Compression-moulded cellulose acetate |
| Brief description | Powder bowl; green cellulose acetate; Halex (British Xylonite), 1930s |
| Physical description | Powder bowl and lid, part of a dressing table set, green pearlescent cellulose acetate, with amber-coloured cellulose acetate details. The bowl is bulbous, and has a squat shape, it rests on three transluscent amber feet, with a double amber line running around the body at its widest point. The lotus-shaped lid also has amber edging and a button knob. |
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| Production type | Mass produced |
| Marks and inscriptions | ' "HALEX" MADE IN ENGLAND' |
| 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). This object would originally have been part of a matching set with a tray, comb, box and mirror. |
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| Accession number | C.53-1984 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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