Object Name:

Mold

Maker / Manufacturer:

Unknown

Material:

Steel

Designer:

Unknown

Description:

One of seventy-three handmade flash molds for mirrors, hair brushes, buttons, and toothbrushes. Some molds are very detailed with decorative carvings. Items made in the molds were molded of “Florence Compound" and are among the oldest molded plastic items made. Made for the Florence Manufacturing Company in Florence Massachusetts. Used by Florence and the Littlefield Parsons and Company.

Dimensions:

3/4 x 5 x 11 in. (1.9 x 12.7 x 27.9 cm)

Date:

After 1866

Credit Line:

Gift of Vernon Eklund

Accession Number:

2003.945.7