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Front view of a radio showing the round body.

Ekco type A22

Designer (Person)
Coates, Wells
Manufacturer
EK Cole
Date
1945
Front view of a helmet showing the bowl shape.

Plasfort helmet

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
Plasfort
Date
1940 - 1945 (circa)
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)

No.26 egg cup

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
British Xylonite
Date
1939 - 1959 (circa)

Door bell push

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

Super Bleuet gaz stove

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
Camping Gaz
Date
1960 - 1969 (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)

Green mottled Bakelite dish

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

Catalin bangle

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
Unknown
Date
1930 - 1959 (circa)

Pagination

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Images

  • Has images 415
  • No images 123

Classification

  • house and garden 228
  • smoking 55
  • office and workplace 47
  • fashion and costume 44
  • health, care and grooming 35
  • plastics samples and industry 33
  • construction and building services 25
  • promotional material 25
  • photographic 21
  • audio visual 16
  • textiles 14
  • travel and holiday 14
  • packaging and materials handling 10
  • toys and games 9
  • sports, leisure and hobbies 4
  • telecommunications 3

Date

  • 1900-1999 534
  • 2000-date 5

Material

  • bakelite - generic term 538
  • PF 536
  • metal 193
  • phenolic resin 74
  • glass 27
  • urea formaldehyde 25
  • paper 16
  • Catalin - trade name 16
  • textile 12
  • polymethyl methacrylate 12
  • wood 9
  • polyethylene 7
  • polypropylene 7
  • Delaron - trade name 7
  • polyvinyl chloride 6
  • melamine formaldehyde 5
  • rubber 5
  • polystyrene 5
  • ceramic 5
  • Bakelite - trade name 5
  • other 4
  • cellulose acetate 4
  • Warerite - trade name 4
  • animal 3
  • unidentified 2
  • acrylonitrile butadiene styrene 2
  • polyamide 2
  • recycled 1
  • synthetic leather 1
  • Aramith - trade name 1
  • Jaxonite - trade name 1

Method

  • compression moulded 426
  • cast 71
  • carved 39
  • injection moulded 17
  • cut 15
  • fabricated 13
  • laminated 5
  • unknown 5
  • pressed 3
  • machined 3
  • extruded 3
  • spun 2
  • blow moulded 1
  • calendered 1
  • forged 1
  • hand finished 1
  • moulded 1
  • plated 1
  • radio frequency welded 1
  • thermoformed 1
  • vacuum formed 1

Person

  • U 479
  • B 6
  • C 3
  • J 2
  • L 2
  • M 2
  • R 2
  • D 1
  • H 1
  • N 1
  • S 1
  • T 1
  • W 1

Organisation

  • U 245
  • B 45
  • S 39
  • H 26
  • C 25
  • D 21
  • R 21
  • G 20
  • P 20
  • E 15
  • M 14
  • J 11
  • W 10
  • L 9
  • T 9
  • F 8
  • K 8
  • O 8
  • A 7
  • V 4
  • I 3
  • N 2

Country

  • uk 284
  • unknown 79
  • germany 14
  • usa 7
  • belgium 5
  • italy 5
  • france 3
  • japan 3
  • denmark 2
  • the netherlands 2
  • holland 1
  • hong kong 1
  • sweden 1

Colour

  • brown 287
  • black 141
  • silver 77
  • red 54
  • green 53
  • cream 32
  • yellow 27
  • orange 18
  • multi-coloured 17
  • blue 16
  • white 14
  • gold 7
  • colourless 5
  • grey 4
  • pink 2
  • black and white print 1

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