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Pocket comb and nail file set

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

12 Casein buttons

Designer (Organisation)
James Grove & Sons
Manufacturer
James Grove & Sons
Date
2013 (circa)

Button card, 1 of 2

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
Unknown
Manufactured for
British Button Council
Date
1970 - 1977

Button card, 2 of 2

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
Unknown
Manufactured for
British Button Council
Date
1970 - 1977
Side view of a pair of knitting needles showing the plain shaft and coloured head.

Swallow Ivore needles

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
Swallow
Date
2015
Front view of a card compiled by the British Button Council showing a selection of buttons sewn onto a display card.

British Button Council casein button samples

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
British Button Council
Date
1950 (circa)
Side view of a measure showing the inscribed text.

Boules measure

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
Unknown
Manufactured for
Bass
Date
1930 - 1950
Side view of a pair of needles showing the paper label.

No. 12 needles

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
Unknown
Date
1940 - 1949
Side view of a pair of knitting needles showing a curve in the profile.

No. 9 needles

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
Unknown
Date
1940 - 1949
Side view of a knife set showing the rounded blades.

Casein handled butter knives

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
Unknown
Date
1950 - 1959 (circa)
Top view of a pair of salad servers showing the straight-edged handles.

Mottled green salad servers

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
Unknown
Date
1940 - 1949 (circa)

Toy building blocks

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
BATIMA
Date
1930 (circa)

Pagination

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Images

  • Has images 13
  • No images 4

Classification

  • textiles 8
  • health, care and grooming 2
  • house and garden 2
  • sports, leisure and hobbies 2
  • toys and games 2
  • plastics and the environment 1

Date

  • 1800-1899 1
  • 1900-1999 14
  • 2000-date 2

Material

  • CF 17
  • metal 4
  • urea formaldehyde 4
  • paper 3
  • polystyrene 3
  • animal 2
  • glass 2
  • wood 2
  • rubber 2
  • polyamide 2
  • melamine formaldehyde 2
  • cellulose acetate 2
  • polyester 2
  • polypropylene 2
  • plastic (natural) 2
  • textile 1
  • unidentified 1
  • Erinoid - trade name 1

Method

  • cut 4
  • extruded 4
  • compression moulded 3
  • injection moulded 2
  • cast 1
  • hand finished 1
  • machined 1
  • polished 1
  • thermoformed 1

Person

  • U 15

Organisation

  • U 11
  • B 6
  • J 1
  • S 1

Country

  • uk 4
  • unknown 4
  • australia 1
  • belgium 1

Colour

  • cream 7
  • green 4
  • multi-coloured 4
  • brown 2
  • red 2
  • black 1
  • blue 1
  • gold 1
  • pink 1
  • silver 1
  • white 1
  • yellow 1

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