Wunup Baccy Flap

A round tobacco holder with a screw lid and a lip on the inside to hold the tobacco in place. Compression moulded in bakelite (phenol formaldehyde) in three separate sections. The Wunup name was either created or acquired by the Parker Pipe Co. Ltd. that was formed in 1923 and found initial success through marketing a range of mass-produced smoking accessories under the Wunup brand. Parker filed to trademark the Wunup name in the US in 1946 and anecdotal evidence suggests the Wunup Baccyflap was still available to buy throughout the 1950s. However, at some point post WWII, Parker changed the production of this popular tobacco container by moulding their name into it instead and making it from a completely different plastics material, likely due to costs (see AIBDC : 008640SA). These versions were still available to buy in the early 1970s. The company amalgamated with Hardcastle Pipes Ltd in 1967 to become Parker-Hardcastle.

moulded: "Wunup Baccyflap. Made in England" (underside)

AIBDC : 006319SA