Dust pan and brush

Another Betterwear object selected in the hopes that this time we may make more headway in terms of the relationship between Betterwear and Betterware.

Dust pan and brush
Case number - AIBDC : 0_6617
A small crumb tray and brush in the shape of a lady wearing a crinoline dress designed for Betterwear in the 1950s.
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Designerunknown - Wanted
ManufacturerBetterwear
CountryUK
Date1950-59 circa - Wanted
Dimensionslength 140 mm, width 150 mm, height 40 mm
Materialsplastic, PP, polypropylene
Methodinjection blow moulded
Colourcream
Inscription"Betterwear"
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Susan Lambert
Susan Lambert
06/05/14

Dust pan and brush AIBDC: 0_6617 The using of the skirt as a brush has been much copied. We think this may be the first example of it and believe the originator of the idea deserves to be credited. Please can you help us find him/her? We are also keen to get more information on the take over of Betterwear that led to the name changing to Betterware. Follow the invesitgation here: http://10most.org.uk/artefact/dust-pan-and-brush.

Yvonne J Foster
Yvonne J Foster
15/05/14

Oh she's being called a "CRINOLINE LADY" https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/180992629/vintage-betterwear-edwaedian-crinoline?ref=sr_gallery_14&ga_search_query=crumb+tray+and+brush&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery

Yvonne J Foster
Yvonne J Foster
15/05/14

http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/original-betterwear-betterware-282391346

Yvonne J Foster
Yvonne J Foster
15/05/14

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VINTAGE-RETRO-BETTERWEAR-CRINOLINE-LADY-CRUMB-AND-BRUSH-SET-ORIGINAL-BOX-/141278546199?nma=true&si=Wi%252B%252FvyV6Kzaeor4%252BuPXq29tZFGo%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

Yvonne J Foster
Yvonne J Foster
15/05/14

Without tray - but with colour! The crinoline lady clothes brush (?) http://www.ebay.ie/itm/VINTAGE-RETRO-CRINOLINE-LADY-CLOTHES-CRUMB-BRUSH-CREAM-PINK-HARD-PALSTIC-/301180031280?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item461fba9130

Yvonne J Foster
Yvonne J Foster
15/05/14

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Betterware-Pink-Plastic-Crinoline-Lady-Dressing-Table-Brush-Boxed-Unused-/181087551243?nma=true&si=Wi%252B%252FvyV6Kzaeor4%252BuPXq29tZFGo%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

Susan Lambert
Susan Lambert
23/05/14

Very interesting to see the different packaging and also the coloured bristles. I am interested in the mention here: http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/original-betterwear-betterware-282391346 that the version up for sale is a Betterwear rather than Betterware version. How about writing to them and asking what they know or writing to Betterware which is still in business? It would also be interesting to know if they are all out of the same mould. Does one of them have more of a pinched waist than the others?

Susan Lambert
Susan Lambert
25/05/14

I'm not at all sure all the heads are the same either? Does anyone else have a view on this?

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Dust pan and brush: Case AIBDC : 0_6617

Submitted by Susan Lambert on Mon, 28/04/2014 - 20:39.

The using of the skirt as a brush has been much copied. We think this may be the first example of it and believe the originator of the idea deserves to be credited. Please can you help us find him/he? We are also keen to get more information on the take over of Betterwear that led to the name changing to Betterware.

Crinoline Lady Crumb Brush and Tray

15/05/2014

Thanks to Agent Yvonne Foster  we now have the official title for this object. We also know that it it was marketed in at least three different packages including a festive Christmas one and that there was a version with coloured bristles. We think it dates from the 1950s but perhaps it went on being made for many years.

 

We're still no closer to finding out who designed it? An onquiry to the firme of Betterware might yield results? We would love you to take on this case and see if contacting the company yeilds results.