Not currently on display at the V&A

Mirror

c. 1920
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
England

Circular frame painted green and edged with yellow and black stripes on both inner and outer edges. Rivetted through at two places with metal eyelets. Inscribed in yellow letters edged with black 'WILL'S WOODBINES'.

Object details

Categories
Advertising
Metalwork
Object type
Mirror
Materials and techniques
Printed tin
Tinplate
Mirror Glass
Stamping
Offset Litho Printing
Brief description
Mirror in a tin frame , advertising Will's Woodbines (International Tobacco Company). England about 1920.
Physical description
Circular frame painted green and edged with yellow and black stripes on both inner and outer edges. Rivetted through at two places with metal eyelets. Inscribed in yellow letters edged with black 'WILL'S WOODBINES'.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 20cm
Production typeMass produced
Marks and inscriptions
  • WILLS WOODBINES (Printed on the front edge of the rim)
  • I.T.C. 14371 (Marked on the lower rim in black)
Collection
Metalwork Collection
Accession number
CIRC.63-1976

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O381848/mirror-unknown/
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