Cigarette Box
1935-1940 (made)
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Cigarette box of black-brown Bakelite. The hinged lid has a raised elliptical area carrying the inscription 'Cigarettes', moulded in cursive script. Around this central ellipsis, the lid is partly frosted.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Compression-moulded phenol formaldedhyde ('Bakelite') |
| Brief description | Cigarette box; Bakelite; UK, late-1930s |
| Physical description | Cigarette box of black-brown Bakelite. The hinged lid has a raised elliptical area carrying the inscription 'Cigarettes', moulded in cursive script. Around this central ellipsis, the lid is partly frosted. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'Cigarettes' |
| 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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| Accession number | W.56-1983 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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