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Velos Regal

Desk Set
1930-1939 (made)
Artist/Maker
Velos (manufacturer)
Place of origin
England (manufactured)

Desk set of brown Bakelite, consisting of a tray, two glass inkwells with Bakelite lids and a Velos 'Auto' calendar. This last part has lever-operated numerals and interchangeable celluloid strips printed with a month on each side.



Object details

Categories
Household Objects
Plastic
Tools & Equipment
Stationery
Writing
Object type
Desk set
Parts
This object consists of 6 parts.

  • Calendar
  • Desk Tidy
  • Inkwell
  • Inkwell
  • Inkwell Lid
  • Inkwell Lid
TitleVelos Regal (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Compression-moulded phenol-formaldehyde ('Bakelite'), glass, celluloid, metals
Phenolic
Bakelite
Glass
Celluloid
Metal
Compression Moulding
Printing
Brief description
Brown Bakelite 'Regal' model desk tidy with two glass inkwells and an 'Auto' calendar, Velos Ltd., Engand, 1930s
Physical description
Desk set of brown Bakelite, consisting of a tray, two glass inkwells with Bakelite lids and a Velos 'Auto' calendar. This last part has lever-operated numerals and interchangeable celluloid strips printed with a month on each side.

Dimensions
  • Length: 292mm (Note: Depth = 91 mm Height = 16mm (without bottles) 102 mm (with bottles))
  • Width: 8.3cm (max)
  • All part together height: 10.2cm (max)
Production typeMass produced
Object history
Fred A. 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).

Registered Papers 83/26
Historical context
Each part of this object is separable. The trays were often sold separately simply as a desk tidy.
Collection
Furniture and Woodwork Collection
Accession number
W.68 to E-1983

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O321770/velos-regal-desk-set-velos/
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