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Dessert Glass

ca. 1968 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Tall narrow polythene glass, with textured surface moulding to provide frosted effect, with snap-fit polythene base.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Dessert Glass
  • Base
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.
Dimensions
  • Height: 13.6cm
  • Width: 10.3cm
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.
Collection
Accession number
C.22:1, 2-2003

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Record createdJuly 24, 2003
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