Swan Ink
Case and Ink Bottle
1930-1939 (made)
1930-1939 (made)
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Brown Bakelite 'Swan Ink' bottle case with screw top and moulded 'fin' details. Inside is a white metal spring. Lid featues a swan motif. Contains glass ink bottle, specially shaped to allow easy refilling of a pen. Bottle label features wording including 'The "Last Drop'" Bottle for Travellers'.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 4 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Compression-moulded phenol-formaldehyde ('Bakelite'); glass |
| Brief description | Ink bottle case of brown Bakelite and glass ink bottle, Mabie, Todd and Co. Ltd., case 'Swan Ink', bottle 'Swan Ink: The "Last Drop" Bottle for Travellers', England, 1930s |
| Physical description | Brown Bakelite 'Swan Ink' bottle case with screw top and moulded 'fin' details. Inside is a white metal spring. Lid featues a swan motif. Contains glass ink bottle, specially shaped to allow easy refilling of a pen. Bottle label features wording including 'The "Last Drop'" Bottle for Travellers'. |
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| Production type | Mass 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 |
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| Accession number | W.65 to C-1983 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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