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Car Cigarette box

Other name(s): 
Cigarette holder, toy, cigarette box
Collection ID: 
22024.024
Collection: 
Fine art
Social history

Car Cigarette holder or box.  Wooden cigarette box made in the shape of a car with roll back roof and bonnet to store a pack of woodbine cigarettes and cigartte papers.  Made by an Italian Prisoner of War in Orkney.  Commissioned by John Buchan who was stationed in Scapa Flow during World War 2.   


Keywords
car
toy
box
Italian Prisoner of War
Art
craft
woodwork

Physical attributes

Dimensions
Length200mm
Width100mm
Height80mm