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Title:
Thermo-Plastics serving tongs
Object name(s):
tableware; serving utensil
Brief description:
A pair of serving tongs made from colourless thermoformed acrylic by Thermo-Plastics Ltd, circa 1960s. These tongs have an asymmetrical design in that one end is cut off and flattened for scooping up an item of food and the other end terminates in a point.
Collection:
Museum of Design in Plastics
Associated concept:
house and garden
Colour:
colourless
Dimension:
width 85 mm
Dimension:
length 260 mm
Dimension:
depth 48 mm
Material:
plastic
Material:
PMMA
Material:
polymethyl methacrylate
Material:
acrylic
Object name:
tableware; serving utensil
Object number:
AIBDC : 009505
Object production organisation:
Thermo-Plastics
Organisation's association:
Manufacturer
Object production person:
Unknown
Person's association:
Designer
Object production place:
UK
Technique:
thermoformed

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/802328c1-36a4-3d2c-907a-f1521afbcebd

Use licence for this record: CC BY

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/802328c1-36a4-3d2c-907a-f1521afbcebd, Museum of Design in Plastics, CC BY

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