Salt and Pepper Shakers
- Description
- These salt and pepper shakers belonged to Leo Baekeland, the inventor of Bakelite, the first totally synthetic plastic. They are made of pure Bakelite resin, not the resin mixed with cellulose fillers, as was usually the case with molded bakelite items. As a result, these shakers are a pretty, bright amber, not the more subdued colors found in most Bakelite objects.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- salt and pepper shakers
- owner
- Baekeland, L. H.
- inventor of material
- Baekeland, L. H.
- Physical Description
- bakelite resin (overall material)
- Measurements
- salt shaker: 36 mm x 17 mm x 37 mm; 1 7/16 in x 11/16 in x 1 7/16 in
- pepper shaker: 42 mm x 18 mm x 37 mm; 1 5/8 in x 11/16 in x 1 7/16 in
- ID Number
- 1977.0368.64
- catalog number
- 1977.368.64
- accession number
- 1977.0368
- subject
- Domestic Furnishings
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- Medicine and Science: Chemistry
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
- Credit Line
- Gift of Plastics Institute of America
- Additional Media
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