Oblong pipe box of imitation blue marble urea formaldehyde

Made:: 1931-1940 in England

Oblong pipe box of imitation blue marble urea formaldehyde
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Oblong pipe box of imitation blue marble urea formaldehyde, made by The British Buttner Pipe Company, 1930s, Art Deco design

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Category:: Plastics and Modern Materials

Object Number:: 1980-676/278

Materials:: uf

Measurements:: length 190 mm
width 100 mm
height 80 mm

type:: pipe box

credit:: Purchase (Roger Newport)

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Oblong pipe box of imitation blue marble urea formaldehyde

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