Cigarette box, c. 1930.
- Made:
- 1931-1940 in England, West Yorkshire and Liversedge
- maker:
- Birkby's Limited
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Rectangular cigarette box of imitiation walnut phenolic (Bakelite) and ivory phenol formaldehyde hinged lid, lid decorated with moulded horseman's spearing lion in Assyrian style, contains nineteen cigarettes, made by Birkby's Ltd., England, 1930's, under trade name "Elo Ware"
Details
- Category:
- Plastics and Modern Materials
- Object Number:
- 1979-624/227
- Measurements:
-
box: length 168 mm
box: width 85 mm
box: height 60 mm
feet: diameter 12 mm
cigarettes: diameter 8 mm
cigarettes: length 69 mm
- type:
- cigarette boxes
- credit:
- Jesse, J
