Antique · United Kingdom · 1930–1939
Bakelite cigarette box
Mottled amber, hinged lid
- Country
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Date
- 1930–1939
- Era
- Art Deco
- Condition
- Excellent
- Rarity
- Common
- Maker
- Bandalasta
- Material
- Bakelite
- Style
- Art Deco
- Height (cm)
- 6
- Width (cm)
- 16
- Depth (cm)
- 10
- Marks & signatures
- Moulded 'Made in England' to base
About this object
Stepped Deco form in a swirled amber-and-brown phenolic, with the moulded maker's mark underneath. The hinge pin is original. Smells faintly of formaldehyde on a warm day, which is the honest way to tell Bakelite from a modern copy.