Pink hair brush

Selected as an object made by British Xylonite: we have 30 other objects by the same manufacturer and information about one may help to unearth information about the others.

Pink hair brush
Case number - AIBDC : 006347SA
A dressing table hair brush with a round head in light pink and a straight handle in a darker pink. The MoDiP collection includes a hand mirror to the same design.
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DesignerUnknown - Wanted
ManufacturerBritish Xylonite
CountryUK
Date1938 (circa) - Wanted
Dimensionslength 190 mm, width 90 mm, depth 35 mm
Materialsplastic, Xylonite, CN, cellulose nitrate
Methodsthermoformed, fabricated with adhesive
Colourpink
Inscriptionmoulded: "Made in England" (underside of handle)
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28/08/13

WANTED: information on the pink hair brush. Who designed it, and when? The leads we have so far.... possibly made by British Xylonite around 1938.

11/10/13

AIBDC : 006347SA, find it here, http://10most.org.uk/artefact/pink-hair-brush

11/10/13

From an era when firms had names like 'British Xylonite'. Someone must have designed it, help us to find out who.

22/11/13

definitely

22/11/13

definitely Xylonite 1938 - it's in their 1938 catalogue as new and called 'Orchid'

22/11/13

Hey Colin - that's brilliant. And to have it here on fb. I know I have wonderful images in an email and will upload them shortly.

25/11/13

and inside the cover:

27/11/13

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03/12/13

MoDiP turns out to have two other pieces from 'Orchid Toilet Ware': the hand mirror (http://www.modip.ac.uk/artefact/aibdc--006385sa) and the dressing table tray (http://www.modip.ac.uk/artefact/aibdc--006366sa) . That means two more objects better documented.

11/12/13

An interesting development of this project is how it is marrying up material in the PHS library with artefacts in its collection. See this message from ian15.mdx: 'two scans from a 1938 Xylonite catalogue used by a Xylonite salesman and now in the PHS library. The catalogue has been re-bound with other papers by the salesman, and annotated with prices, so as to be used as a working document. The Orchid pattern Ladies Fitted Cases show five examples of inclusion of the hairbrush.'

11/12/13

And another from the same.

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Case notes

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Pink hair brush, Case AIBDC: 006347SA

British Xylonite confirmed as manufacturer of 'Orchid' hairbrush

22/11/13

 Plastician has sent these brilliant images of Xylonite's 1938 catalogue confirming both the manufacturer and date of manufacture. It also tells us that it was part of a toilet set titled 'Orchid Set' consisting of seven pieces made also in blue and green.

Sales man's catalogue discovered in PHS library

11/12/2013

Ian15.mdx has found this saleman's catalogue which shows how the brush was built into a range of different sets at different prices.

We still don't know who designed it. Does anyone know anyone with inside knowledge of British Xylonite?