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Cigarette box, c. 1930.

Plastics and Modern Materials

1931-1940

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"

Large multichrome mottled bowl on a plinth, Bakelite plastic

Plastics and Modern Materials

1940-1949

Large multichrome mottled bowl on a plinth, Bakelite plastic, 'Elo ware' by Birkby's Limited, Liversedge, England, 1940-1949.

Rectangular cigarette box of walnut bakelite, hing

Plastics and Modern Materials

1930-1939

Rectangular cigarette box of walnut bakelite, hinged lid decorated with moulded horseman spearing a lion in the Assyrian style, made by Birkby's Ltd., England, under trade name "Elo Ware", 1930-1939.