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Hinged lid cigarette case

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

Pink marbled cigarette box

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

Red marbled cigarette case

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

Handbag manicure set

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

Small desk calendar

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
Unknown
Date
1900 - 1920 (circa)

Miniature button hook

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
Unknown
Date
1890 - 1920 (circa)

Miniature awl

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
Unknown
Date
1890 - 1920 (circa)

travelling clothes line and pegs

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
Unknown
Date
1950 - 1969 (circa)

Miniature peg

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
Unknown
Date
1950 - 1969 (circa)

M.D.Co. tooth colour matching set

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

French Art Nouveau comb

Designer (Person)
Chevalier, A
Manufacturer
A. and H. Chevalier
Date
1920 - 1929 (circa)

Back comb with paste stone clusters

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
Unknown
Date
1910 - 1920 (circa)

Pagination

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Images

  • Has images 130
  • No images 54

Classification

  • health, care and grooming 53
  • fashion and costume 52
  • plastics samples and industry 19
  • house and garden 14
  • sports, leisure and hobbies 8
  • office and workplace 7
  • smoking 7
  • audio visual 6
  • travel and holiday 5
  • packaging and materials handling 4
  • promotional material 4
  • toys and games 4
  • textiles 3
  • photographic 2
  • animals and pets 1

Date

  • 1800-1899 36
  • 1900-1999 159

Material

  • CN 184
  • celluloid - generic term 167
  • Parkesine - trade name 29
  • metal 25
  • Xylonite - trade name 19
  • animal 13
  • glass 8
  • textile 5
  • cellulose acetate 5
  • Crystalate - trade name 5
  • rubber 2
  • paper 1
  • wood 1
  • unidentified 1
  • composition 1
  • polymethyl methacrylate 1
  • polystyrene 1
  • plastic (natural) 1
  • Viscoloid - trade name 1
  • Ivoride - trade name 1

Method

  • thermoformed 110
  • cut 53
  • hand finished 37
  • fabricated 21
  • compression moulded 16
  • pressed 5
  • blow moulded 4
  • cast 4
  • extruded 4
  • unknown 4
  • vacuum formed 4
  • calendered 1
  • folded 1
  • injection moulded 1
  • moulded 1

Person

  • U 176
  • B 5
  • C 1

Organisation

  • U 113
  • B 18
  • P 17
  • A 7
  • H 7
  • C 5
  • D 4
  • M 4
  • K 3
  • X 3
  • I 2
  • R 2
  • E 1
  • T 1
  • V 1
  • W 1

Country

  • uk 71
  • unknown 39
  • france 14
  • switzerland 6
  • usa 6
  • china 3
  • spain 2
  • canada 1
  • germany 1
  • hong kong 1

Colour

  • brown 59
  • cream 46
  • black 34
  • green 30
  • red 17
  • yellow 17
  • gold 12
  • pink 12
  • white 12
  • silver 10
  • multi-coloured 9
  • orange 9
  • blue 8
  • colourless 5
  • grey 4
  • flesh-coloured 1

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