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Record Number RECKH.1976.478
NUMBER-OF-ITEMS
1
IDENTIFICATION
SIMPLE-NAME
plate
BRIEF-DESCRIPTION
cream coloured injection moulded plastic plate or shallow dish with colour transfer print decoration. Depicts the alphabet around the rim, interspersed with animals and flowers, and in the centre four differentimages of nursery rhyme characters. Impressed on the base 'Permaware, Ornamin, patent no. 780763, Made in England, Craxfords Ltd'.
DOCUMENTATION
Craxfords Ltd was a firm established in Ramsgate, Kent by Arthur Craxford, having worked at Bakelite he devloped his own plastics injection moulding company in the 1940's, the comapny was very successful.
PRODUCTION
DATE
1955 = 1970
PERIOD
1955 = 1970
PERIOD
20th century
PLACE
Ramsgate, Kent, England, UK
PERIOD
CONTENT-OUTLINE
BRIEF-SUMMARY
cream coloured injection moulded plastic plate or shallow dish with colour transfer print decoration. Depicts the alphabet around the rim, interspersed with animals and flowers, and in the centre four different images of nursery rhyme characters. Impressed on the base "Permaware, Ornamin, patent no. 780763, Made in England, Craxfords Ltd".
DESCRIPTION
MATERIAL
permaware plastic
COMPLETENESS
complete
HEIGHT
2.3cm
DIAMETER
18.5cm