"Lifetime" Dinnerware [Watertown Manufacturing Company]

Published/Created:
Watertown, Connecticut
1947
Date Depicted:
1900 AD - 1949 AD
Materials:
melamine
Notes:
One of the new plastics refined during World War II was Melamine, a formaldehyde-based thermosetting compound that was scratch resistant, odorless, and tasteless. It gained favor as lightweight shipboard dinnerware for the Navy, but in peacetime companies
Associated Names:
Hedu, Jon, fl. ca. 1945 [Designer]
Topics:
Industrial Design -- United States -- 20th century -- (YVRC)
Culture:
American
Accession Number:
257495
Genre:
containers: dishes (vessels) (AAT)
Format:
Image
Content Type:
Furnishings & Decorative Arts
Tools, Equipment & Instruments
Rights:
The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement
Access Restrictions:
Yale Community Only
Source Note:
R: Sandak (Arts of the US DC 180)
Yale Collection:
Visual Resources Collection
Digital Collection:
Visual Resources Collection
Local Record Number:
Portfolio Item ID: 19194
OID:
317635
PID:
digcoll:2225345