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Front view of a helmet showing the bowl shape.

Plasfort helmet

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

Tortoiseshell tray

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

Tortoiseshell hair receiver pot

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
Unknown
Date
1910 (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)
Front view of a handbag showing the texture of the skin.

Crocodile skin handbag

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
The Martin
Date
1950 (circa)
Side view of a shaving brush showing the hair.

B6 shaving brush

Designer (Organisation)
Simpson
Manufacturer
Simpson
Date
2000 - 2019 (circa)
Front view of a cape showing the wide shoulders and single fastening.

Moleskin cape

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
C Freeman
Date
1950 (circa)
Front view of a bag showing the features of the animal and decorative tassels.

Large crocodile shoulder bag

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
Unknown
Date
1900 - 1999

Brettles knickers

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
Brettles
Date
1960 - 1969 (circa)

Pagination

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Images

  • Has images 737
  • No images 30

Classification

  • fashion and costume 223
  • house and garden 123
  • health, care and grooming 105
  • office and workplace 94
  • smoking 73
  • plastics samples and industry 50
  • textiles 33
  • animals and pets 22
  • sports, leisure and hobbies 17
  • travel and holiday 15
  • photographic 7
  • telecommunications 4
  • audio visual 3
  • promotional material 3

Date

  • 1800-1899 426
  • 1900-1999 327

Material

  • animal 767
    • skin 66
    • wool 21
    • bristle 20
    • mother of pearl 7
    • hoof 5
    • feather 4
    • bone 3
    • shell 3
    • pearl 3
    • fur 3
    • antler 3
    • ivory 2
    • hair 1
    • mohair 1
  • plastic 758
  • metal 158
  • glass 39
  • textile 31
  • wood 10
  • paper 7
  • other 5

Method

  • polished 224
  • cut 202
  • shaved 199
  • pressed 179
  • filed 169
  • hollowed out 47
  • thermoformed 21
  • turned 16
  • injection moulded 14
  • stitched 12
  • carved 10
  • engraved 10
  • moulded 10
  • hand finished 9
  • drilled 7
  • extruded 7
  • handmade 6
  • unknown 6
  • compression moulded 5
  • woven 4
  • foamed 3
  • laminated 3
  • stained 3
  • calendered 2
  • fabricated 2
  • painted 2
  • spun 2
  • welded 2
  • cast 1
  • knitted 1
  • pierced 1
  • twincut 1

Person

  • U 479
  • O 7
  • L 4
  • B 3
  • C 3
  • I 2
  • K 2
  • M 2
  • F 1
  • G 1
  • H 1
  • S 1
  • W 1
  • Y 1

Organisation

  • U 403
  • J 18
  • S 14
  • B 13
  • D 12
  • P 12
  • C 11
  • O 10
  • A 8
  • K 6
  • T 6
  • N 5
  • H 5
  • M 5
  • G 4
  • F 3
  • R 3
  • W 3
  • I 2
  • L 1
  • V 1
  • Y 1

Country

  • unknown 202
  • uk 127
  • france 10
  • china 8
  • indonesia 8
  • germany 6
  • italy 6
  • japan 5
  • usa 4
  • india 2
  • spain 2
  • the netherlands 2
  • malaya 1
  • switzerland 1
  • russia 1
  • portugal 1
  • mexico 1
  • africa 1
  • korea 1
  • ireland 1
  • hungary 1
  • hong kong 1
  • finland 1
  • vietnam 1

Colour

  • brown 289
  • cream 110
  • black 94
  • silver 46
  • white 27
  • gold 19
  • multi-coloured 17
  • colourless 14
  • green 13
  • blue 12
  • grey 12
  • red 11
  • yellow 9
  • purple 3
  • orange 2
  • pink 2

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