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Bestfrend Electric Hair Dryer

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
Bestfrend Electrical Co.
Date
1939 (circa)

Actinotherapy goggles

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
Solport Brothers
Date
1932

Green Supreme hairdryer

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
L G Hawkins
Date
1947 - 1949 (circa)

Eclipse Red Ring razor

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
Unknown
Manufactured for
James Neill
Date
1930 - 1939 (circa)

Pocket comb and nail file set

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

M.D.Co. tooth colour matching set

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
M.D.Co.
Date
1940 - 1949 (circa)

Small cased comb

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
Unknown
Date
1920 - 1929 (circa)

Celluloid cased comb

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
Unknown
Date
1920 (circa)

Fan shaped handbag comb

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
Unknown
Date
1920 - 1929 (circa)

Gilt headed comb

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

Pink dressing table pot

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
Hengor
Date
1940 - 1949

Dressing brush

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
BXL
Date
1920 - 1929 (circa)

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Images

  • Has images 330
  • No images 45

Classification

  • health, care and grooming 375
    • grooming 212
    • personal hygiene 55
    • baby and child care 48
    • physical well being 33
    • medical 26
    • spiritual well being 1
  • house and garden 23
  • travel and holiday 17
  • fashion and costume 5
  • packaging and materials handling 4
  • plastics and the environment 4
  • promotional material 3
  • toys and games 2
  • audio visual 1

Date

  • 1800-1899 20
  • 1900-1999 265
  • 2000-date 95

Material

  • plastic 374
  • metal 76
  • animal 40
  • glass 17
  • paper 11
  • textile 7
  • wood 2

Method

  • injection moulded 141
  • compression moulded 69
  • thermoformed 50
  • cut 27
  • polished 17
  • unknown 16
  • shaved 15
  • extruded 15
  • filed 12
  • fabricated 12
  • insert moulded 9
  • stitched 6
  • hollowed out 5
  • injection blow moulded 4
  • calendered 3
  • spun 3
  • blow moulded 3
  • pressed 2
  • radio frequency welded 2
  • moulded 2
  • woven 2
  • heat welded 2
  • flocked 2
  • cast 2
  • hand finished 2
  • plated 1
  • turned 1
  • lathe cut 1
  • welded 1
  • ground 1
  • carved 1
  • knitted 1
  • knotted 1

Person

  • Unknown 375

Organisation

  • U 146
  • B 52
  • G 26
  • S 24
  • R 23
  • C 20
  • P 20
  • M 17
  • A 13
  • L 12
  • H 12
  • D 11
  • J 9
  • E 9
  • W 8
  • T 7
  • O 7
  • F 5
  • V 4
  • K 3
  • X 2

Country

  • uk 146
  • unknown 46
  • china 19
  • usa 12
  • germany 8
  • the netherlands 6
  • taiwan 6
  • japan 6
  • france 6
  • austria 3
  • denmark 2
  • switzerland 2
  • sweden 2
  • west germany 1
  • yugoslavia 1
  • vietnam 1
  • italy 1
  • australia 1
  • trinidad and tobago 1

Colour

  • white 71
  • cream 69
  • brown 62
  • green 55
  • black 55
  • blue 53
  • pink 36
  • colourless 32
  • red 28
  • orange 25
  • yellow 20
  • silver 20
  • grey 15
  • multi-coloured 11
  • purple 10
  • gold 4

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