Saucer
Imperial Chemical Industries
Category
Plastics
Date
Unknown
Materials
Propthene
Measurements
70 mm (Height); 80 mm (Diameter)135 mm (Diameter)140 mm (Diameter)
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Plas Yn Rhiw, Gwynedd
NT 648486.32
Summary
One of seventeen saucers - Part of a set of yellow plastic cups and saucers, most still with stick on labels 'ICI Made from 'PROPTHENE', 'WILL NOT BREAK/WITHSTANDS BOILING WATER'. 18 cups, 17 saucers. (Not marked individually).
Provenance
the property was given to the Trust as part of the Plas yn Rhiw estate between 1950 and 1966 by the Misses Eileen, Lorna and Honora Keating in memory of their parents, John William and Constance Annie Keating.
Marks and inscriptions
'PROPTHENE', 'WILL NOT BREAK/WITHSTANDS BOILING WATER'.
Makers and roles
Imperial Chemical Industries, manufacturer