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Title:
Box with windmill design
Object name(s):
smoking storage; cigarette container
Brief description:
A box with a black base and cream coloured lid made from compression moulded urea formaldehyde. The lid had a moulded design of a windmill set in a landscape. The relief of the moulding is accented by a grey staining which highlights the finer details of the design. Four moulded bands run vertically through the lid and are continued down the front edge of the base. Circa 1930s.
Collection:
Museum of Design in Plastics
Associated concept:
smoking
Colour:
black
Colour:
cream
Dimension:
height 50 mm
Dimension:
width 111 mm
Dimension:
depth 90 mm
Material:
plastic
Material:
UF
Material:
urea formaldehyde
Object name:
smoking storage; cigarette container
Object number:
AIBDC : 008953SA
Object production organisation:
Unknown
Organisation's association:
Manufacturer
Object production person:
Unknown
Person's association:
Designer
Object production place:
Unknown
Technique:
compression moulded

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/ed0badac-eefd-389a-9ae6-a7cfe9571199

Use licence for this record: CC BY

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/ed0badac-eefd-389a-9ae6-a7cfe9571199, Museum of Design in Plastics, CC BY

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