Knockaloe Internment Camp wooden cigarette box
Date made: 1914-1918
Description: A handmade wooden cigarette box made in Knockaloe Camp. The cigarette box was made in two parts and automatically dispenses cigarettes when the top part is lifted. The box is comprised of a wooden base, cigarette holder and a decorated rectangular wooden cover. The decorative cover has inlaid banding on the top with a series of decorative panels on each of the sides. The front panel has a marquetry design of a shield with the initials 'J.W.C.'. The design on the back of the box is the Union Jack flag. The sides are decorated with two other handcoloured flags.
The cigarette box was made for the donor (J.W. Callow) by one of the internees at Knockaloe Camp, when he was a member of the Camp staff.
A cigarette box, made of different kinds of wood, with an ingenuous, but simple method of extracting one cigarette at a time. It is decorated with the union jack, and two other flags, and the donor's monogram, J. W. C. It was made for him by one of the prisoners at Knockaloe Camp, on whose staff he was. Size, 3 3/4 inch high, top 5 1/4 inch x 3 1/4 inch, base, 6 1/2 inch x 4 1/2 inch.
Measurements: overall: 9.5 cm x 16.5 cm x 11.5 cm
Materials: mammal bone
Object name: cigarette box
Collection: Social History Collection
ID Number: 1961-0166
Subject tags : #WW1INTERNMENTMUSEUMCOLLECTIONS