Plastic folders containing casein buckles and buttons

Made:
circa 1970 in England
maker:
Erinoid Limited

8 (eight) plastic folders containing casein buckles and buttons made by diverse manufacturers from Erinoid casein, c. 1970

Details

Category:
Plastics and Modern Materials
Object Number:
1981-634
Materials:
casein and plastic (unidentified)
type:
buckles
credit:
B.P. Chemicals Ltd. (Stroud)

Parts

Plastic folders containing casein buckles and buttons

Plastic folders containing casein buckles and buttons

Plastic folder containing casein buckles and buttons made by diverse manufacturers from Erinoid casein, c. 1970

Materials:
plastic (unidentified)
Object Number:
1981-634/1
type:
folder
Selection of 10 buttons

Selection of 10 buttons

Selection of different coloured and sized buttons made of casein by Erinoid Limited, circa 1970. All buttons are round. Five are mottled brown, two with four holes in the middle, one with two holes in the middle and two with attachments on the bottome, one of these has a gold coloured bobble in the middle. There are two red, one blue, one pink button and a patterned white and blue button.

Materials:
casein
Object Number:
1981-634/1/1
type:
button
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Part of:
1981-634/1
Selection of 6 buttons

Selection of 6 buttons

Selection of different coloured and sized buttons made of casein by Erinoid Limited, circa 1970. One brown wooden patterned button with four holes. Two star or cog designed buttons one black on white the other white on black. There are two mottled grey buttons, one with two hole and one with a back attachment. The final button is ivory coloured.

Materials:
casein
Object Number:
1981-634/1/2
type:
button
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Part of:
1981-634/1
Plastic folders containing casein buckles and buttons

Plastic folders containing casein buckles and buttons

Plastic folder containing casein buckles and buttons made by diverse manufacturers from Erinoid casein, c. 1970

Materials:
plastic (unidentified)
Object Number:
1981-634/2
type:
folder
Selection of seven buttons

Selection of seven buttons

Selection of different coloured and sized buttons made of casein by Erinoid Limited, circa 1970. All buttons are grey,white and slightly mottled. Six of the buttons have two holes in the middle and one has no holes. Three buttons have some circular patterns, one has patterns like a wheel, one has a solid black section ontio of a mottled grey outer bit. One button has two cut out sections and the final button is slight more squared with mottled patterning and an indented central section.

Materials:
casein
Object Number:
1981-634/2/1
type:
button
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Part of:
1981-634/2
Selection of nine buttons

Selection of nine buttons

Selection of different coloured and sized buttons made of casein by Erinoid Limited, circa 1970. Three ivory coloured buttons, one round with four holes, one rectangular with a patterned front and one vola with two holes. There is on oval brown button with four holes. One mottled brown button with a gold centre. One rough green button and one rough red button with a smooth outer lip. There is one grey button with no button holes. And a mottled brown button.

Materials:
casein
Object Number:
1981-634/2/2
type:
button
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Part of:
1981-634/2
Plastic folders containing casein buckles and buttons

Plastic folders containing casein buckles and buttons

Plastic folder containing casein buckles and buttons made by diverse manufacturers from Erinoid casein, c. 1970

Materials:
plastic (unidentified)
Object Number:
1981-634/3
type:
folder
Selection of seven buttons

Selection of seven buttons

Selection of different coloured and sized buttons made of casein by Erinoid Limited, circa 1970. Two red buttons, one larger than the other both with two holes in the middle. Four red buttons, one triangular the rest circular. Two have white lines on them one acrross the button and one around the button. One green button with a white centre.

Materials:
casein
Object Number:
1981-634/3/1
type:
button
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Part of:
1981-634/3
Selection of twelve buttons

Selection of twelve buttons

Selection of different coloured and sized buttons made of casein by Erinoid Limited, circa 1970. All buttons are circular, eleven of them have a mottled colours one is ivory in colour. Seven buttons are mottled brown and four are mottled grey. All either either two or four holes in the middle.

Materials:
casein
Object Number:
1981-634/3/2
type:
button
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Part of:
1981-634/3
Selection of six buttons

Selection of six buttons

Selection of different coloured and sized buttons made of casein by Erinoid Limited, circa 1970. Three white buttons, all circular one larger with four holes two with two holes. One red/brown button with white details and two holes. Two blue buttons both with four holes.

Materials:
casein
Object Number:
1981-634/3/3
type:
button
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Part of:
1981-634/3
Selection of ten buttons

Selection of ten buttons

Selection of different coloured and sized buttons made of casein by Erinoid Limited, circa 1970. Selection of ten mottled buttons, mostly grey and ivory in colour, one brown in colour. All have four holes in the middle.

Materials:
casein
Object Number:
1981-634/3/4
type:
button
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Part of:
1981-634/3
Plastic folders containing casein buckles and buttons

Plastic folders containing casein buckles and buttons

Plastic folder containing casein buckles and buttons made by diverse manufacturers from Erinoid casein, c. 1970

Materials:
plastic (unidentified)
Object Number:
1981-634/4
type:
folder
Selection of six buttons

Selection of six buttons

Selection of different coloured and sized buttons made of casein by Erinoid Limited, circa 1970. Selection of six buttons, two blue one with four holes one with two. Two creme buttons, one with four holes one with two. One brown button with two holes and one red button with two large holes.

Materials:
casein
Object Number:
1981-634/4/1
type:
button
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Part of:
1981-634/4
Selection of six buttons

Selection of six buttons

Selection of different coloured and sized buttons made of casein by Erinoid Limited, circa 1970. Five multicoloured buttons, three brown and two grey. One brown button.

Materials:
casein
Object Number:
1981-634/4/2
type:
button
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Part of:
1981-634/4
Selection of six buttons

Selection of six buttons

Selection of different coloured and sized buttons made of casein by Erinoid Limited, circa 1970. Selection of six buttons, three brown and mottled, two grey and mottled and one ivory in colour.

Materials:
casein
Object Number:
1981-634/4/3
type:
button
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Part of:
1981-634/4
Selection of seven buttons

Selection of seven buttons

Selection of different coloured and sized buttons made of casein by Erinoid Limited, circa 1970. Selection of seven buttons two red with two holes. One yellow with two holes. Two white buttons one with two buttons and one with four holes. One dark brown button with two holes and one blue with two holes.

Materials:
casein
Object Number:
1981-634/4/4
type:
button
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Part of:
1981-634/4
Selection of five buttons

Selection of five buttons

Selection of different coloured and sized buckles made of casein by Erinoid Limited, circa 1970. Five buttons, all round with a bar across the middle. One brown, one blue, one grey, one ivory and one white. All slightly mottled.

Materials:
casein
Object Number:
1981-634/4/5
type:
buckles
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Part of:
1981-634/4
Plastic folders containing casein buckles and buttons

Plastic folders containing casein buckles and buttons

Plastic folder containing casein buckles and buttons made by diverse manufacturers from Erinoid casein, c. 1970

Materials:
plastic (unidentified)
Object Number:
1981-634/6
type:
folder
Selection of six buttons

Selection of six buttons

Selection of different coloured and sized buttons made of casein by Erinoid Limited, circa 1970. Selection of six buttons one purple, one red, one dark grey, one ivory and two brown. All bar the red one are patterned.

Materials:
casein
Object Number:
1981-634/6/1
type:
button
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Part of:
1981-634/6
Selection of six buttons

Selection of six buttons

Selection of different coloured and sized buttons made of casein by Erinoid Limited, circa 1970. Six buttons, one red, one blue and one yellow. Two grey buttons one with two holes and one with four. One hexagonal button with a central dip.

Materials:
casein
Object Number:
1981-634/6/2
type:
button
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Part of:
1981-634/6
Selection of two buttons

Selection of two buttons

Selection of different coloured and sized buttons made of casein by Erinoid Limited, circa 1970. Two buttons one brown and ivory patterned with two holes. One round with a grey-blue colour, with no holes.

Materials:
casein
Object Number:
1981-634/6/3
type:
button
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Part of:
1981-634/6
Plastic folders containing casein buckles and buttons

Plastic folders containing casein buckles and buttons

Plastic folder containing casein buckles and buttons made by diverse manufacturers from Erinoid casein, c. 1970

Materials:
plastic (unidentified)
Object Number:
1981-634/7
type:
folder
Selection of five buckles

Selection of five buckles

Selection of different coloured and sized buckles made of casein by Erinoid Limited, circa 1970. Five buckles one round, two rectangular, one oval and one a slightly bowed rectangle.One has a metal fastening. All ivory in colour.

Materials:
casein
Object Number:
1981-634/7/1
type:
buckle
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Part of:
1981-634/7
Selection of three buckles

Selection of three buckles

Selection of different coloured and sized buckles made of casein by Erinoid Limited, circa 1970. Three buckles two round and one rectangular. All wodden patterned.

Materials:
casein
Object Number:
1981-634/7/2
type:
buckle
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Part of:
1981-634/7
Plastic folders containing casein buckles and buttons

Plastic folders containing casein buckles and buttons

Plastic folder containing casein buckles and buttons made by diverse manufacturers from Erinoid casein, c. 1970

Materials:
plastic (unidentified)
Object Number:
1981-634/8
type:
folder
Selection of three buckles

Selection of three buckles

Selection of different coloured and sized buckles made of casein by Erinoid Limited, circa 1970. Three rectangular green buckles.

Materials:
casein
Object Number:
1981-634/8/1
type:
buckle
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Part of:
1981-634/8
Selection of six buckles

Selection of six buckles

Selection of different coloured and sized buckles made of casein by Erinoid Limited, circa 1970. Selection of six rectangular buttons, three red and three blue.

Materials:
casein
Object Number:
1981-634/8/2
type:
buckle
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Part of:
1981-634/8