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Notebooks of plastics pioneer Alexander Parkes

Tortoiseshell Parkesine scrap

1862

Crude sample of Parkesine, by Alexander Parkes

1855-1868

Flat, irregular piece of Parkesine, by Alexander Parkes

1855-1868

Parkesine, sample, bottle green, stamped 'Patent Parkesine"

1865

Knife with cellulose nitrate (Parkesine) handle

1862

Knife with cellulose nitrate (Parkesine) handle

1862

Fork with cellulose nitrate (Parkesine) handle

1862

Dinner knives with mottled green Parkesine handles

circa 1862

Orange speckled Parkesine door handle

1862

Bangle of green Parkesine

circa 1862

Circular mottled beige/dark brown disk with patent stamp

1862

Pale blue Parkesine Triangular off cut

1862

Green Parkesine knife handle blank

1862

Dinner knives with mottled green Parkesine handles

circa 1862

Cream colour Parkesine sheet scrap

1862

Mottled dark green Parkesine sample sheet

1862

Rust brown colour Parkesine sample sheet

1862

Red Parkesine curtain ring

1862

Pickled onion fork with green Parkesine handle

circa 1862

Decorative moulding in form of acanthus leaf

circa 1862

Dinner knives with mottled green Parkesine handles

circa 1862

Speckled Prussian blue Parkesine rectangular sheet

1862

Turquoise Parkesine square off cut curved sheet

1862

Dinner knives with mottled green Parkesine handles

circa 1862

Olive green Parkesine sample strip

1862

Mottled grey, brown and green Parkesine rectangular sheet

1862

Maltese cross brooch made of cream Parkesine

circa 1862

Rust brown colour Parkesine sample sheet

1862

Parkesine seal of Queen Victoria

1862

Variegated blue/pink/cream Parkesine sheet

Circular moulded dish of maroon Parkesine

1855-1881

Marbled black and white Parkesine sample

1862

Parkesine plaque with moulded figures of Zeus and nymphs

circa 1862

Blue and green circular Parkesine test blank

1862

Butter knife with purple Parkesine handle; steel blades

circa 1862

Butter knife with purple Parkesine handle; steel blades

circa 1862

Butter knife with purple Parkesine handle; steel blades

circa 1862

Butter knife with purple Parkesine handle; steel blades

circa 1862

Parkesine, transparent in places, by Alexander Parkes

1855-1868

Variegated blue/pink/cream Parkesine sheet

1865

Knife with cellulose nitrate (Parkesine) handle

1862

Red Parkesine fretwork fragment

1862

Disc of pale grey Parkesine, by Alexander Parkes

1855-1868

Flat sample of dark brown Parkesine, by Alexander Parkes

1855-1868

Knife with cellulose nitrate (Parkesine) handle

1862

Knife with cellulose nitrate (Parkesine) handle

1862

Fork with cellulose nitrate (Parkesine) handle

1862

Dark brown Parkesine, crude, by Alexander Parkes

1855-1868

Black Parkesine prayer book cover

1862