Ivory colour Parkesine knife handle blank
- Made:
- 1862 in United Kingdom
- maker:
- Alexander Parkes
Ivory colour Parkesine knife handle blank. Machined from blank but unfinished. Rectangular cross-section. Pencil marked "111/2" on one end. Marked P149. Made by Alexander Parkes; c.1862.
Details
- Category:
- Plastics and Modern Materials
- Object Number:
- 2011-115/126
- Materials:
- parkesine (xylotile)
- Measurements:
-
overall: 85 mm x 16 mm x 8 mm,
- type:
- parkesine (xylotile)
- credit:
- Plastics Historical Society
