- Title:
- Hutzler serving fork, green
- Object name(s):
- tableware; serving utensil
- Brief description:
- A green coloured serving fork, compression moulded in Mepal melamine formaldehyde. This is a Rosti design, manufactured in Denmark by Hutzler, founded in the US in 1938 by Lothar Hutzler. With no access to traditional raw materials due to the war, Hutzler began manufacturing housewares from plastic, first releasing biscuit cutters, measuring spoons and funnels. In 1966 the company began moulding utensils and mixing bowls from melamine and soon after were awarded exclusive US distributorship of the Rosti designs in Mepal Melamine until Rosti was sold in the late 1970s. This is an early example with patent pending.
- Collection:
- Museum of Design in Plastics
- Associated concept:
- house and garden
- Colour:
- green
- Dimension:
- width 44 mm
- Dimension:
- length 315 mm
- Inscription content:
- Mepal Melamine Rosti Design Made in Denmark by Hutzler Pat Pend
- Inscription method:
- moulded
- Inscription position:
- underside
- Material:
- plastic
- Material:
- Mepal - trade name
- Material:
- MF
- Material:
- melamine formaldehyde
- Object name:
- tableware; serving utensil
- Object number:
- AIBDC : 008917
- Object production organisation:
- Hutzler
- Organisation's association:
- Manufacturer
- Object production place:
- Denmark
- Technique:
- compression moulded
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/f6de0c0f-d7b7-3e55-a039-0c8ba56b4ac0
Use licence for this record: CC BY
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/f6de0c0f-d7b7-3e55-a039-0c8ba56b4ac0, Museum of Design in Plastics, CC BY
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