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Side view of a sample of catalin showing the sawn edge.

Elephant shaped sample, 1 of 2

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
Unknown
Date
1930 - 1939 (circa)

Plastics Industry Exhibition bowl

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
Unknown
Date
1933 (circa)

CANTAT-2 Oceanic cable

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufactured for
GPO
COCT
Date
1974 (circa)

Warerite coaster

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
Unknown
Date
1956 (circa)

Illustrated Warerite coaster

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
Unknown
Date
1950 - 1959 (circa)

Pisces Warerite coaster

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
Unknown
Date
1950 - 1959 (circa)

Virgo Warerite coaster

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
Unknown
Date
1950 - 1959 (circa)

Plate wound carbon composite

Designer (Organisation)
Atomic Weapons Establishment
Manufacturer
Atomic Weapons Establishment
Date
1965 - 1969 (circa)

Visualfx Stone samples

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
GE Plastics
Date
2000 (circa)

Visualfx Intrigue samples

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
GE Plastics
Date
2000 (circa)

Green mottled Bakelite dish

Designer (Organisation)
Bakelite
Manufacturer
Bakelite
Date
1930 - 1939 (circa)

Example Noryl moulding

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
Unknown
Manufactured for
Unknown
Date
1966 - 2000 (circa)

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Images

  • Has images 170
  • No images 61

Classification

  • material 231
    • thermoplastic material 138
    • thermoset material 40
    • recycled material 25
    • natural plastic 24
    • bioplastic 3
    • biodegradable material 1
  • plastics and the environment 41
  • archival material 21
  • construction and building services 9
  • sports, leisure and hobbies 8
  • packaging and materials handling 6
  • promotional material 3
  • office and workplace 2
  • health, care and grooming 1
  • house and garden 1
  • smoking 1
  • toys and games 1
  • travel and holiday 1
  • manufacturing process 1

Date

  • 1800-1899 38
  • 1900-1999 91
  • 2000-date 115

Material

  • plastic 213
  • paper 31
  • animal 22
  • metal 4
  • Warerite - trade name 4
  • textile 2
  • wood 1

Method

  • extruded 39
  • compression moulded 33
  • injection moulded 27
  • cast 26
  • cut 26
  • unknown 23
  • printed 20
  • calendered 14
  • woven 12
  • laminated 10
  • stitched 9
  • foamed 5
  • moulded 5
  • bonded 4
  • hollowed out 3
  • fabricated 2
  • pressed 2
  • 3d printed 1
  • shaved 1
  • shredded 1
  • spun 1
  • welded 1

Person

  • U 138
  • P 7
  • M 1

Organisation

  • U 77
  • B 30
  • S 30
  • P 20
  • G 14
  • A 13
  • C 11
  • E 8
  • L 8
  • T 7
  • D 6
  • R 6
  • F 5
  • K 5
  • M 4
  • J 3
  • V 3
  • W 3
  • I 2
  • N 1

Country

  • uk 125
  • unknown 25
  • usa 17
  • france 9
  • australia 5
  • germany 3
  • malta 1

Colour

  • green 45
  • black 40
  • brown 34
  • white 30
  • multi-coloured 27
  • blue 26
  • colourless 18
  • black and white print 17
  • red 16
  • grey 12
  • yellow 12
  • cream 11
  • orange 9
  • pink 5
  • purple 5
  • silver 4
  • colour print 2
  • gold 2

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