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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)
Side view of a box of table tennis balls showing three of the balls.

Two Star table tennis balls

Designer (Organisation)
Halex
Manufacturer
Halex
Date
1951 - 1959 (circa)
Front view of a collar showing the round corners.

Xylonite collar

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

De Trey's tooth colour sample

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
Amalgamated Dental Co
Date
1965 - 1975 (circa)

Red developing tray

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
Xylonite
Date
1899

Blue box

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

Velvet shoes with celluloid heels

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
Unknown
Manufactured for
Marshall & Snelgrove
Date
1920 - 1929 (circa)

Pair of celluloid heels

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
Unknown
Date
1920 - 1929 (circa)
Front view of a pair of shoes showing the rounded toes.

Selberite Arch Preserver shoes

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
Selberite
Date
1930 - 1949 (circa)

Ram's-head bangle

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
Unknown
Date
1900 - 1949 (circa)

Sawn cellulose nitrate comb

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
Unknown
Date
1900 - 1940 (circa)

Floral brooch

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
Unknown
Date
1900 - 1950 (circa)

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Images

  • Has images 160
  • No images 97

Classification

  • health, care and grooming 69
  • fashion and costume 64
  • house and garden 34
  • plastics samples and industry 20
  • sports, leisure and hobbies 12
  • office and workplace 10
  • textiles 9
  • smoking 8
  • audio visual 7
  • promotional material 7
  • travel and holiday 7
  • photographic 5
  • toys and games 5
  • packaging and materials handling 4
  • animals and pets 1

Date

  • 1800-1899 46
  • 1900-1999 227

Material

  • CN 257
  • celluloid - generic term 210
  • metal 52
  • Parkesine - trade name 31
  • Xylonite - trade name 20
  • animal 15
  • glass 15
  • textile 9
  • French Ivory - trade name 6
  • cellulose acetate 5
  • Crystalate - trade name 5
  • unidentified 4
  • polystyrene 4
  • paper 4
  • rubber 3
  • wood 2
  • polymethyl methacrylate 2
  • urea formaldehyde 2
  • composition 1
  • polyvinyl chloride 1
  • plastic (natural) 1
  • Viscoloid - trade name 1
  • Ivoride - trade name 1

Method

  • thermoformed 153
  • cut 61
  • hand finished 41
  • fabricated 28
  • compression moulded 22
  • unknown 7
  • blow moulded 6
  • extruded 6
  • injection moulded 6
  • pressed 5
  • vacuum formed 5
  • cast 4
  • spun 3
  • calendered 2
  • carved 2
  • folded 2
  • moulded 2
  • woven 1

Person

  • U 245
  • B 6
  • C 1
  • H 1
  • M 1
  • O 1

Organisation

  • U 155
  • P 25
  • B 23
  • H 18
  • C 10
  • A 8
  • D 5
  • M 5
  • X 4
  • I 3
  • K 3
  • E 2
  • R 2
  • S 2
  • W 2
  • G 1
  • O 1
  • T 1
  • V 1

Country

  • uk 101
  • unknown 77
  • france 16
  • usa 7
  • switzerland 6
  • china 3
  • germany 2
  • spain 2
  • canada 1
  • hong kong 1

Colour

  • brown 80
  • cream 76
  • black 49
  • green 37
  • red 25
  • white 22
  • yellow 22
  • blue 21
  • silver 18
  • pink 15
  • gold 12
  • orange 11
  • multi-coloured 10
  • colourless 7
  • grey 4
  • purple 1

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