Cigarette Box
ca. 1935 (made)
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Urea formaldehyde cigarette box with black base and white hinged lid. The compression-moulded lid features a scene of reindeer galloping through a forest.
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Materials and techniques | Compression-moulded urea formaldehyde |
Brief description | Cigarette box, urea formaldehyde; reindeer; A.H. Woodfull for Carlton Cigarette Co.; ca. 1935 |
Physical description | Urea formaldehyde cigarette box with black base and white hinged lid. The compression-moulded lid features a scene of reindeer galloping through a forest. |
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Production type | Mass produced |
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). |
Production | Apparently made for Carlton Cigarettes. The design also took other, similar forms - the most famous of which was a galleon in full sail. |
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Accession number | W.67-1983 |
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Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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