Pickled onion fork with green Parkesine handle

Made:
circa 1862
maker:
Alexander Parkes
Pickled onion fork with green Parkesine handle; steel blade Pickled onion fork with green Parkesine handle Pickled onion fork with green Parkesine handle Pickled onion fork with green Parkesine handle

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Pickled onion fork with green Parkesine handle; steel blade
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Pickled onion fork with green Parkesine handle; steel blade. Made by Alexander Parkes; c. 1862.

Details

Category:
Plastics and Modern Materials
Object Number:
2009-164
Materials:
Parkesine (xylotile) and steel (metal)
type:
picked onion fork
credit:
Plastics Historical Society