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Side view of a golf ball showing the sales sticker.

Dunlop 65 golf ball

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
Telcon Plastics
Date
1920 - 1939 (circa)

Vulcanite comb in case

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
Unknown
Date
1865 - 1939 (circa)

Vulcanite backcomb

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
Dalee Duplex Comb Company
Date
1861 - 1901 (circa)

Union case with fruit decoration

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
Littlefield & Parsons
Date
1854 - 1859 (circa)

Tortoiseshell hand mirror

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
Unknown
Date
1910 - 1914 (circa)

Tortoiseshell hair brush

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
Unknown
Date
1900 - 1929 (circa)

Tortoiseshell pin tray

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
Unknown
Date
1900 - 1929 (circa)

Tortoiseshell bangle

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
Unknown
Date
1900 - 1929 (circa)

Tortoiseshell hair receiver pot

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
Unknown
Date
1910 (circa)

Tortoiseshell tray

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
Unknown
Date
1910 - 1914 (circa)
Front view of a plaque showing the framed imaged.

Wall plaque of Venus and Cupid

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
Unknown
Date
1870 - 1899 (circa)

Gunpowder trailer

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
Unknown
Manufactured for
Unknown
Date
1800 - 1899

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Images

  • Has images 660
  • No images 26

Classification

  • fashion and costume 181
  • house and garden 122
  • health, care and grooming 92
  • office and workplace 87
  • smoking 70
  • plastics samples and industry 51
  • textiles 29
  • animals and pets 22
  • audio visual 13
  • sports, leisure and hobbies 13
  • travel and holiday 8
  • toys and games 3
  • printed, written and drawn material 2
  • promotional material 2

Date

  • 1800-1899 434
  • 1900-1999 264

Material

  • plastic (natural) 686
    • horn 639
    • shellac 17
    • tortoiseshell 14
    • gutta percha 7
    • amber 1
  • animal 659
  • metal 144
  • glass 36
  • unidentified 22
  • textile 9
  • paper 8
  • wood 7
  • other 3
  • polyamide 3
  • casein formaldehyde 2
  • hard rubber 2
  • composition 2
  • urea formaldehyde 2
  • cellulose acetate 2
  • melamine formaldehyde 2
  • rubber 2
  • polyester 2
  • polypropylene 2
  • polystyrene 2
  • cellulose nitrate 1

Method

  • polished 224
  • cut 199
  • shaved 199
  • pressed 190
  • filed 169
  • hollowed out 47
  • turned 15
  • compression moulded 10
  • engraved 10
  • moulded 8
  • hand finished 8
  • carved 8
  • drilled 7
  • thermoformed 6
  • handmade 3
  • stained 3
  • cast 1
  • extruded 1
  • pierced 1
  • twincut 1
  • unknown 1

Person

  • U 413
  • O 6
  • B 3
  • L 3
  • M 2
  • C 1
  • G 1
  • I 1
  • W 1

Organisation

  • U 384
  • J 16
  • D 11
  • O 7
  • T 7
  • S 6
  • B 4
  • C 4
  • W 3
  • P 3
  • F 3
  • A 2
  • E 2
  • G 2
  • H 2
  • I 1
  • L 1
  • M 1
  • N 1
  • R 1

Country

  • unknown 202
  • uk 111
  • france 7
  • china 6
  • indonesia 6
  • usa 6
  • japan 3
  • india 2
  • the netherlands 2
  • germany 1
  • malaya 1
  • russia 1
  • spain 1

Colour

  • brown 265
  • cream 98
  • black 75
  • silver 38
  • gold 22
  • white 14
  • colourless 13
  • green 9
  • grey 7
  • red 7
  • yellow 7
  • blue 6
  • multi-coloured 3
  • orange 1
  • pink 1
  • purple 1

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