Salt and Pepper Shakers
name: label: owner
content: Baekeland, L. H.
label: inventor of material
content: Baekeland, L. H.
notes: label: Description
content: 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, they are a pretty, bright amber, not the more subdued colors found in most Bakelite objects.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Plastics Institute of America
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1977.0368.64
label: catalog number
content: 1977.0368.64
label: accession number
content: 1977.0368
objectType: label: Object Name
content: salt and pepper shakers
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: bakelite resin (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: salt shaker: 36 mm x 17 mm x 37 mm; 1 7/16 in x 11/16 in x 1 7/16 in
label: Measurements
content: pepper shaker: 42 mm x 18 mm x 37 mm; 1 5/8 in x 11/16 in x 1 7/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: salt shaker: 1 3/4 in x 1 1/2 in x 3/4 in; 4.445 cm x 3.81 cm x 1.905 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: pepper shaker: 1 3/8 in x 1 1/2 in x 3/4 in; 3.4925 cm x 3.81 cm x 1.905 cm