Applique Die for Plastic
notes: label: Description
content: Brass die for impressing images onto plastic objects, with the inscription: "THE PRUDENTIAL HAS THE STRENGTH OF GIBRALTER." This was designed by Julius Sharat (1899-1981), a Jewish industrial designer who fled Germany in 1937, settled in New York City, shortened his name from Sharatzick, signed naturalization papers in 1944, and died in Miami, Florida.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Julius Sharat
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1981.0264.41
label: accession number
content: 1981.0264
label: catalog number
content: 1981.0264.41
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Applique Die for Plastic
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 61 mm x 57 mm x 12 mm; 2 3/8 in x 2 1/4 in x 1/2 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 9/16 in x 2 5/16 in x 7/16 in; 6.50875 cm x 5.87375 cm x 1.11125 cm