Sqezy bottle

Sqezy bottle
Case number - AIBDC : 005573
A Sqezy dishwashing soap bottle circa 1960 made from blow moulded low density polyethylene with an injection moulded polypropylene flip top closure. This bottle demonstrates the transition from the earlier bottles which had metal ends. It was made for Domestos Ltd. by BXL Cascelloid Division. The offset 3 colour printing on the outer surface brands the bottle in its distinctive colours.
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designerUnknown - Wanted
ManufacturerBXL
Manufactured forDomestos
CountryUK
Date1960 (circa)
Dimensionsheight 185 mm, diameter 65 mm
Methodsplastic, Cascelloid - trade name, LDPE, low density polyethylene, PE, polyethylene, polythene, PP, Polypropylene
Colourswhite, black, red, yellow
Inscriptionprinted: "Extra Power Sqezy. Clean dishes. Extra power to wash more dishes. Kind to hands. Contains glycerine." moulded: "cascaflex 10 cascelloid" (on base)
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Susan Lambert
Susan Lambert
29/09/14

Sqezy bottle AIBDC : 005573 Presumably someone or a group of people designed the bottle and someone else supplied the graphics. Do you know who was involved? Your memories of BXL would also be really welcome. Please tell us what you can. You can follow the case on the 10 Most Wanted website: http://10most.org.uk/artefact/sqezy-bottle.

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Sqezy bottle: Case AIBDC : 005573

Submitted by Susan Lambert on Mon, 29/09/2014 - 12:12.

Presumably someone or a group of people designed the bottle and someone else supplied the graphics. Do you know who was involved? Your memories of BXL would also be really welcome. Please tell us what you can.