Dinner knives with mottled green Parkesine handles

Made:
circa 1862

Six dinner knives with mottled green Parkesine handles and steel blades, c. 1862. Two of knives bent at join with blade, Made by Alexander Parkes; c. 1862.

Details

Category:
Plastics and Modern Materials
Object Number:
2009-165
Materials:
parkesine (xylotile) and steel (metal)
type:
dinner knife
credit:
Plastics Historical Society