Dessert Glass
ca. 1968 (designed)
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Tall narrow polythene glass, with textured surface moulding to provide frosted effect, with snap-fit polythene base.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Polythene |
| Brief description | Tupperware dessert glass with frosted finish and snap-fit base, designed ca.1968 |
| Physical description | Tall narrow polythene glass, with textured surface moulding to provide frosted effect, with snap-fit polythene base. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'TUPPERWARE® / 754-18' (Trade mark; on base; moulded; polythene) |
| Credit line | Given by Jean Edge |
| Production | Sylvia Katz, in Plastics: Common Objects, Classic Designs, records such items having been made in the USA, though it is possible they were also made elsewhere. She records them as made by Dart Industries, who are a subsidiary of the Tupperware Corporation. |
| Bibliographic reference | Sylvia Katz, Plastics: Common Objects, Classic Designs, New York, 1984, pp. 104-5. |
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| Accession number | C.22:1, 2-2003 |
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| Record created | July 24, 2003 |
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