Cigarette Box
1937-1939 (manufactured)
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Rectangular cigarette box of ivory and black urea formaldehyde. The base is fluted and is attached to the hinged lid. On the lid is a scene of semi-nude male and female figures, in classical dress and dancing and playing musical instruments. This is surrounded by a border of horns and tambourines.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Compression moulded urea formaldehyde |
| Brief description | Cigarette box; musicians in a classical scene; urea formaldehyde; Woody Woodfull for Streetly Manufacturing Company, Birmingham, about 1938 |
| Physical description | Rectangular cigarette box of ivory and black urea formaldehyde. The base is fluted and is attached to the hinged lid. On the lid is a scene of semi-nude male and female figures, in classical dress and dancing and playing musical instruments. This is surrounded by a border of horns and tambourines. |
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| Production type | Mass produced |
| Marks and inscriptions | 'MADE IN ENGLAND' (Moulded on base.) |
| 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). |
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| Bibliographic reference | p.58
Sylvia Katz, Classic Plastics (London, 1984) |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.52-1984 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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