Artwork : ArchiveNo00184

Cigarette Packet 1900

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Contributor Name	Sharon Lock
Contributor Image	00184_p.jpg
Profession
Location	Milton
Collection Date	13.12.08 12.58pm
Artefact Name	Cigarette Packet
Artefact Description	Light green cardboard with Art Nouveau design and lettering. Orange and navy-blue design. It contained ten cigarettes. Text reads ‘Wild Woodbine Cigarettes, WD & Howills. Bristol & London.’ On the side text reads ’10 Cigarettes’. 6 x 3.5cm Fair condition – some scuffing and water-damage.
Artefact Date	1900
Artefact Stored	Kitchen window-sill
Artefact Form
Artefact Image	00184_cigaretteboxp.jpg
Sample Taken	Green card from inside
Sample Image
History of Artefact	It was found in February 2008 underneath the floorboards in the bathroom. It would have belonged to the builder who built the house in approximately 1900. These were cheap and readily available. ‘They were sold in smaller quantities because people had less money. This is quite a common object. Very ephemeral and of its time.’ Historians
Historian	John Stedman, Rosalinda Hardiman
Previous Owners	Possibly the builder or one of his employees
Special Memories	‘It gives us a connection to the builders who also lived in our house. There have only been three families who have lived in our house.’
Artwork Image	00184_web.jpg

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