A tiny dish showing the profile of Edward VII. This was produced in Birmingham by Birmingham Industrial Plastics. This is an early example of the fusing of different colours and plastic types. This dish was made for a powder puff, and the contributor's father was involved in producing it. Beetleware is an early amino plastic prototype, similar to Bandalasta. Beetleware can be translucent or opaque, usually a plain colour but can also be speckled, often used for plugs and sockets. It was hard and brittle like Bakelite, but does not discolour with age.
Beetleware dish for a powder puff
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1936
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Not Birmingham Industrial Plastics but rather British Industrial Plastics. The firm still exists and still manufacturers innovative (albeit less beautiful) plastic products.