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picnic set

human history
  • Other Name

    Duperite Harlequin plastic picnic set (brand name)

    Modernite (brand name)

  • Description

    plastic picnic set, twenty-four pieces, plus box, orange/yellow coloured spoons have a relief image of a Scottish terrier. Saucers and plates have a group of five raised concentric circles around the plate edge. Box: original box, brown manilla cardboard stapled at the back , otherwise simply folds to form box with handle.

    Set comprises: 4 cups, saucers, side plates, dinner plates, 4 spoons, two lidded dishes together with a salt and pepper shaker set and original cardboard carry container

  • Place
    Lower Hutt/Wellington/New Zealand
  • Accession Number
    1996.157.2
  • Accession Date
    31 Oct 1996
  • Department

    Applied Arts and Design

Images and documents

Artefact

  • Credit Line
    purchased with funds provided by Disney Art Trust, 1996.157.2
  • Primary Maker

     Modern Plastics (NZ) Ltd (Manufacturer)

  • Place
    Lower Hutt/Wellington/New Zealand
  • Date
    1930s-1940s
  • Signature/marks

    on base: "DUPERITE / HARLEQUIN / MADE IN NEW ZEALAND" Box inscription inside lid: "MODERNITE / (FORMERLY DUPERITE)/ PICNIC / SET / MADE BY MODERN PLASTICS (N.Z.) LTD. LOWER HUTT"

    Top right on front of box "FOLD / OUTWARDS / TO FORM / HANDLE."

    Makers mark.

  • Media

    plastic/organic material

    cardboard/pasteboard/paper (fiber product)

  • Measurement Reading

    58 x 98 x 80mm (cups h x w xd)

    20 x 138mm (saucers h x diam)

    20 x 170mm (side plate h x diam)

    20 x 218mm (dinner plate h x diam)

    50 x 100mm (dish h x diam)

    33 x 108mm (h x diam)

    50 x 100mm (h x diam)

    33 x 108mm (h x diam)

    120mm

    120mm

    120mm

    120mm

    45 x 38mm (h x diam)

    8 x 34mm (h x diam)

    40 x 38mm (h x diam)

    8 x 34mm (h x diam)

    130 x 250 x 300mm (h x w x d)

  • Subject Category

    picnics/recreation

  • Classification

    Set, Picnic

    Food Service Sets

    Food Service T&E

    04 Tools & Equipment for Materials

  • Media/Materials Notes

    picnic set

  • Last Update
    03 Mar 2023
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