Butter knife with purple Parkesine handle; steel blades

Made:
circa 1862
Butter knife with purple Parkesine handle; steel blades Butter knife with purple Parkesine handle; steel blades Butter knife with purple Parkesine handle; steel blades Butter knife with purple Parkesine handle; steel blades
Butter knife with purple Parkesine handle; steel blades Butter knife with purple Parkesine handle; steel blades Butter knife with purple Parkesine handle; steel blades Butter knife with purple Parkesine handle; steel blades

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Six butter knives with purple Parkesine handles and steel blades, Made by Alexander Parkes; c. 1862.

Butter knife with purple Parkesine handle; steel blades

Butter knife with purple Parkesine handle; steel blades

circa 1862
Butter knife with purple Parkesine handle; steel blades

Butter knife with purple Parkesine handle; steel blades

circa 1862
Butter knife with purple Parkesine handle; steel blades

Butter knife with purple Parkesine handle; steel blades

circa 1862
Butter knife with purple Parkesine handle; steel blades

Butter knife with purple Parkesine handle; steel blades

circa 1862
Butter knife with purple Parkesine handle; steel blades

Butter knife with purple Parkesine handle; steel blades

circa 1862
Butter knife with purple Parkesine handle; steel blades

Butter knife with purple Parkesine handle; steel blades

circa 1862

Details

Category:
Plastics and Modern Materials
Object Number:
2009-163
Materials:
parkesine (xylotile) and steel (metal)
Measurements:
L.160 x W 32 x Th.7mm
type:
butter knife
credit:
Plastics Historical Society

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