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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)
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)
Front view of a bento box showing the screen printed detail.

Kokeshi Hanako bento box

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
Hakoya
Date
2016
Side view of a drum showing

Arcadia Snare Drum

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
Natal
Date
2018
Side view of a plant pot showing the mottled colouring.

Relic recycled plant pot

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
Relic
Date
2021
Front view of a lifebuoy showing the ring shape.

Lifebuoy

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
EVAL E.G. Vallianatos
Date
2020
Front view of a pair of Benson and Ashley sunglasses showing the round lenses.

Tortoiseshell effect sunglasses

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
Benson & Ashley
Date
1990 - 1999 (circa)
Front view of a Pedigree doll showing the doll in a seated position with arms foward and eyes open.

Pedigree Delite doll

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
Pedigree Dolls & Toys
Date
1945 - 1949 (circa)
Top view of a comb showing the two colours.

Triangular Art Deco comb

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
Unknown
Date
1920 - 1929 (circa)
Front view of a head protector showing velcro chn strap.

WTF dipped foam hood

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
Twin Tower Enterprises
Date
2012
Front view of a fabric sample card showing the material stapled to the card.

Acetate rayon furnishing fabric

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
Courtaulds Educational Service
Date
1950 (circa)

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Images

  • Has images 4299
  • No images 1627

Classification

  • house and garden 1747
  • fashion and costume 797
  • health, care and grooming 561
  • packaging and materials handling 560
  • office and workplace 378
  • promotional material 369
  • toys and games 354
  • travel and holiday 280
  • sports, leisure and hobbies 249
  • plastics samples and industry 191
  • audio visual 184
  • plastics and the environment 176
  • textiles 141
  • photographic 129
  • construction and building services 120
  • telecommunications 118
  • smoking 108
  • archival material 103

Date

  • 1800-1899 367
  • 1900-1999 4436
  • 2000-date 1266

Material

  • plastic 5729
  • metal 1204
  • animal 492
  • textile 370
  • paper 352
  • glass 212
  • wood 82
  • other 30
  • viscose 27
  • ceramic 15

Method

  • injection moulded 2210
  • compression moulded 1021
  • extruded 376
  • cut 348
  • thermoformed 306
  • unknown 293
  • blow moulded 243
  • pressed 235
  • polished 220
  • shaved 189
  • stitched 164
  • filed 159
  • cast 154
  • printed 133
  • fabricated 106
  • spun 94
  • calendered 83
  • knitted 79
  • woven 78
  • carved 57
  • hand finished 55
  • injection blow moulded 50
  • foamed 47
  • hollowed out 45
  • moulded 42
  • vacuum formed 39
  • engraved 36
  • handmade 34
  • turned 34
  • painted 30
  • welded 27
  • laminated 21
  • heat welded 16
  • machined 14
  • insert moulded 12
  • bonded 8
  • radio frequency welded 7
  • 3d printed 6
  • rotational moulded 5
  • drilled 5
  • flocked 4
  • napped 4
  • plated 4
  • typed 4
  • etched 3
  • high frequency welded 3
  • machine cut 3
  • resin transfer moulded 3
  • hand machined 2
  • stained 2
  • lathe cut 2
  • home made 2
  • laser cut 2
  • hand knitted 2
  • folded 2
  • die cast 2
  • blown film extruded 2
  • ground 2
  • shredded 1
  • vapour deposition 1
  • tumble polished 1
  • tricot 1
  • thermal bonded 1
  • stamped 1
  • knotted 1
  • routed 1
  • pierced 1
  • handwritten 1
  • forged 1
  • extrusion blow moulded 1
  • electrodeposition 1
  • dipped 1
  • wound 1

Person

  • Unknown 5926
  • W 1

Organisation

  • U 2764
  • B 516
  • T 441
  • S 354
  • M 351
  • C 333
  • P 292
  • A 202
  • R 195
  • G 189
  • W 161
  • H 160
  • D 142
  • L 141
  • N 132
  • J 131
  • E 121
  • I 97
  • F 93
  • K 93
  • O 71
  • V 52
  • Z 32
  • Y 21

Country

  • uk 1803
  • unknown 1215
  • china 387
  • usa 171
  • germany 101
  • japan 92
  • italy 87
  • france 74
  • hong kong 71
  • taiwan 56
  • switzerland 25
  • the netherlands 25
  • denmark 20
  • australia 16
  • indonesia 15
  • belgium 14
  • mexico 14
  • sweden 13
  • thailand 13
  • turkey 13
  • africa 12
  • austria 12
  • spain 12
  • west germany 11
  • finland 9
  • korea 9
  • canada 7
  • greece 7
  • india 7
  • malaysia 7
  • singapore 6
  • czech republic 5
  • portugal 5
  • sri lanka 5
  • holland 5
  • new zealand 4
  • ireland 3
  • poland 3
  • vietnam 3
  • yugoslavia 3
  • philippines 2
  • united arab emirates 2
  • russia 2
  • romania 2
  • luxembourg 2
  • hungary 2
  • cambodia 2
  • brazil 2
  • israel 2
  • malaya 1
  • trinidad and tobago 1
  • south africa 1
  • pakistan 1
  • malta 1
  • egypt 1
  • kenya 1
  • ghana 1
  • cyprus 1
  • barbados 1
  • bangladesh 1
  • tunisia 1

Colour

  • black 1323
  • white 1203
  • brown 1142
  • blue 823
  • green 811
  • red 745
  • cream 583
  • yellow 548
  • multi-coloured 468
  • silver 433
  • colourless 407
  • pink 344
  • orange 333
  • grey 304
  • gold 172
  • purple 101
  • black and white print 38
  • colour print 38

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