Sundae cup
Selected as an extreme example of streamlining for a stationary product: space age design before the space age.
Case number - PHSL : 186
A green Beetleware tapered and ridged sundae cup which stands on the extensions of four ribs equally spaced round the circumference, made by Streetly Moulding Company for Woolworths in the 1930s.
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Designer | Unknown - Wanted |
Manufacturer | Streetly Manufacturing Company |
Manufactured for | Woolworths |
Country | UK |
Date | 1933-37 circa - Wanted |
Dimensions | height 65 mm, diameter 80 mm |
Materials | plastic, UF, urea formaldehyde |
Method | compression moulded |
Colour | green |
Inscription | moulded: "A.I. Beetleware Made in England W.73.543" |
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Case notes
Sundae cup: Case PHSL : 186
Fine Deco design - another Streetly Manufacturing Company conundrum. We want to know who designed it and a precise date for its creation. Can you help?
Helpful histories of British Industrial Plastics / Streetly Manufacturing Company
03/05/2014
Agent Yvonne Foster has found these useful sites:
http://www.bip.co.uk/history1926.htm
http://www.bip.co.uk/history-people.htm
http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Streetly_Manufacturing_Co
Funny how AH Woodfull is the only designer to feature, or have I not looked carefully enough?
Should we surmise that Woodfull probably designed this sundae cup?