Roberts Model R500
Radio
1964 (manufactured)
1964 (manufactured)
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Radio: "Roberts Model R500", leopard-skin-covered wooden case, 19 x 31.5 x 10.5 cm.
Object details
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| Title | Roberts Model R500 (manufacturer's title) |
| Materials and techniques | Leopard-skin-covered wooden case |
| Brief description | Radio, "Roberts Model R500", leopard-skin-covered wooden case, Roberts Radio Co. Ltd., England, 1964 |
| Physical description | Radio: "Roberts Model R500", leopard-skin-covered wooden case, 19 x 31.5 x 10.5 cm. |
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| Gallery label | ROBERTS' TRANSISTOR RADIO MODEL R500
Designed and made by Roberts' Radio Co. Ltd., West Molesey, Surrey, Great Britain, 1964
Leopardskin covered wooden case
Given by the Roberts Radio Company Ltd.
W.33-1992
Roberts, radio manufacturers by royal appointment, are noted for their unchanging, high quality models. In order to provide an eye-catching centrepiece for their stand at the 1964 Earl's Court Radio Show, this R500 was covered with then fashionable leopardskin. The company wishes it to be known that it does not practice or support the killing of animals for their fur today.(1992) |
| Credit line | Given by Mr Bob Burt of Roberts Radio Co. Ltd |
| Object history | Roberts Radio does not today practice or support the killing of animals for their fur. |
| Production | Roberts Radio does not today practice or support the killing of animals for their fur. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Baker, Malcolm, and Brenda Richardson (eds.), A Grand Design: The Art of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London: V&A Publications, 1999.
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| Accession number | W.33-1992 |
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| Record created | November 5, 2003 |
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