"Prolon Beverly" sugar bowl with lid
Prolon Plastics, a division of Prophylactic Brush Company
(founded in 1866)
mid–1950s
Object PlaceFlorence, Massachusetts
Medium/TechniqueMelamine (plastic)
DimensionsHeight x diameter: 1.6 x 9.8 cm (5/8 x 3 7/8 in.) (lid)
Height x diameter: 6.4 x 10.5 cm (2 1/2 x 4 1/8 in.) (bowl)
Height x diameter: 6.4 x 10.5 cm (2 1/2 x 4 1/8 in.) (bowl)
Credit LineGift of Barbara McLean Ward and Gerald W. R. Ward
Accession number2010.547a-b
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPlastics
Collections
ProvenanceEarly history unknown; purchased by Barbara and Gerald Ward, Portsmouth, NH, at various dealers, primarily in Maine and Hampshire, or acquired on eBay, from ca. 2000 to 2010; 2010, given by the Wards to the MFA
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