Phenol formaldehyde (Bakelite) cigarette box
- Made:
- 1930-1939
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Phenol formaldehyde (Bakelite) cigarette box, rectangular, moulded inimitation walnut (brown/ dark brown ) phenolic. Lid decorated with raised design of three parallel lines running horizontally across lid, in S-bend cut at the mid-point by a raised handle, running horizontally across the lid, and decorated with three raised horizontaly parallel lines. Resting on four round feet. Base marked: "MADE IN ENGLAND". Made c.1930.
Details
- Category:
- Plastics and Modern Materials
- Object Number:
- 2005-158
- Materials:
- phenol formaldehyde
- Measurements:
-
: 1.4961 x 5.5118 x 3.3465 in.; 38 x 140 x 85 mm
- type:
- cigarette box
- credit:
- Frangenberg, Tomas
