Six small, circular, wagon wheel designed, moulded polyethylene, pastel toned, plastic ‘Tupperware’ coasters. Smooth circular outside rim from which raised relief spokes run into a central hub and create twelve segments on the upper side, all of which bear wood-grain like design. The coaster base is smooth, with raised relief moulded inscriptions ‘PAT. PEND. © 1954 TUPPER CORPORATION Farnumsville, MASS. U.S.A. Des- Eleanor Hermon’. Coasters can be precisely stacked.
All 6 have different pastel colour tones
[.1]- Clear colour, marked '187-1'.
[.2]- Light pink colour, marked '187-1'.
[.3]- Yellow colour, marked '187-2'.
[.4]- Light orange colour, marked '187-4'.
[.5]- Green colour, marked '187-4'.
[.6]- Aqua colour, marked '187-4'.
Department:
History DepartmentCollection
History Collection
Collection Item Data
| Accession Number: | H2007.24.1-6 |
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| Accession Date: | 27 Sep 2007 |
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| Acquisition Year: | 2007 |
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Material
| Plastic/Synthetic/Polymer | Manufactured polymer plastic.
| 0 - Whole |
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Measurement
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