Butter knife with purple Parkesine handle; steel blades

Made:
circa 1862
maker:
Alexander Parkes
Butter knife with purple Parkesine handle; steel blades Six butter knives with purple Parkesine handles; steel blades Six butter knives with purple Parkesine handles; steel blades Six butter knives with purple Parkesine handles; steel blades Six butter knives with purple Parkesine handles; steel blades

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Butter knife with purple Parkesine handle; steel blades
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Six butter knives with purple Parkesine handles; steel blades
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Six butter knives with purple Parkesine handles; steel blades
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Six butter knives with purple Parkesine handles; steel blades
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Six butter knives with purple Parkesine handles; steel blades
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Butter knife with purple Parkesine handle; steel blades, Made by Alexander Parkes; c. 1862.

Details

Category:
Plastics and Modern Materials
Object Number:
2009-163/5
Materials:
Parkesine (xylotile) and steel (metal)
type:
butter knife
credit:
Plastics Historical Society