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perfume & container

human history
  • Other Name

    plastic guitar box with bottle of perfume (descriptive name)

  • Description

    plastic guitar box with bottle of perfume owned by Glenys Gargan when she was aged about 10 or 11 years old, 1950s

    plastic guitar-shaped box with empty glass bottle of perfume inside, string attached to guitar

    moulded into plastic on the back: MADE IN ENGLAND

  • Place
    England
  • Accession Number
    1999.155.43
  • Department

    History

    Social History

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Images

  • perfume & container, 1999.155.43, Photographed by Denise Baynham, digital, 07 Jul 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • perfume & container, 1999.155.43, Photographed by Denise Baynham, digital, 07 Jul 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • perfume & container, 1999.155.43, Photographed by Denise Baynham, digital, 07 Jul 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • plastic guitar box with bottle of perfume, Glenys Gargan, 1950s [1999.155.43] front view

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