Camel Vacuum Flask

Camel Vacuum Flask

daily necessities

nostalgic supplies

The Camel vacuum flask is a must have item in 1940s Hong Kong. Camel is a local brand which has manufactured drinkware since 1940. Its feature product is a vacuum flask which maintains the temperature of drinks. With design elements such as colourful peonies and industrial-style grooves, the vacuum flask has become a symbol of the old Hong Kong.

designer: Leung Tsoo Hing (owner of Wei Yit Vacuum Flask Manufactory Limited)

producer: New Camel House

1940s to 1970s: most common

1980s: declining popularity

Leung Ching Chao, Raymond (family member of the third-generation Leungs)

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Camel coffee and tea pot

Camel ice bucket

different model varies in capacity, colour, dimensions

physical object

Japanese invasion 1941

Sino-British Joint Declaration in 1997

end of World War II in 1945

Camel flask

Camel kettle

Camel bottle

A common household drinkware in 1940s Hong Kong

shoulder

cup

handle

1930s

1940s to 1970s

1941

1941

general public

layer sheet

flask body

cup

handle

insulated water bottle

tin

brass

steel

acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS)

vintage

nostalgic

function

1

to analyse the most common function of the item

generally households in 1940s to 1970s Hong Kong

universal

Wei Yit Vacuum Flask Manufactory Limited

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