Not currently on display at the V&A

Cigarette Box

ca. 1935 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Urea formaldehyde cigarette box with black base and white hinged lid. The compression-moulded lid features a scene of reindeer galloping through a forest.


Object details

Categories
Object type
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.
Dimensions
  • Length: 12.7cm
  • Width: 8.9cm
  • Depth: 5.7cm
Measurements taken from paper records - not checked on object.
Style
Production typeMass 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.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
W.67-1983

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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