Photo: Polyester resin

Polyester resin. Photo caption: Group of Coronation Year coins embedded in Bakelite Polyester Resin for ornamental purposes. Used with a simple casting technique, these resins when cured are hard and transparent, and therefore suitable for embedding all manner of objects, i.e. zoological specimens, plants, shells, etc. This item is part of the MoDiP BXL collection.

stamped: "The property of BAKELITE LIMITED, 18 Grosvenor Gardens, S.W.1 Please acknowledge." (rear)

BXL : 1105