Object Details
- Description
- 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.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- owner
- Baekeland, L. H.
- inventor of material
- Baekeland, L. H.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Plastics Institute of America
- Physical Description
- bakelite resin (overall material)
- Measurements
- salt shaker: 36 mm x 17 mm x 37 mm; 1 7/16 in x 11/16 in x 1 7/16 in
- pepper shaker: 42 mm x 18 mm x 37 mm; 1 5/8 in x 11/16 in x 1 7/16 in
- 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
- 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
- Object Name
- salt and pepper shakers
