Cylindrical metal container with lid containing the dried remains of some Negocoll plastic composition for model castings; printed paper listing product information which goes around the entire outside of the container; lid also has attached paper label.
Cylindrical metal container with lid containing the dried remains of some Negocoll plastic composition for model castings; printed paper listing product information which goes around the entire outside of the container; lid also has attached paper label.
Models made between 1940-1945, and this was used in conjunction with casting them
Material
paper: cream
ink: orange; brown
plastic composition: brown
metal: silver
Inscriptions
The label reads, "DR POLLER'S // NEGOCOLL // (REG U.K. TRADE MARK NO 502895. REG U.S. PAT. OFF. NO 265496) // HYDRO-COLLOIDAL // PLASTIC COMPOSITION // FOR // TAKING CASTS OF THE HUMAN BODY // (ALIVE OR DEAD) OR OF ANY OTHER OBJECT // PATENTS GRANTED IN PRINCIPAL COUNTRIES // MANUFACTURED BY, // APOTELA LTD // ZURICH 6, SWITZERLAND"; and "FOR CASTINGS WITH // NEGOCOLL // USE EXCLUSIVELY // HOMINIT OR CELERIT // THE POSITIVE RESISTANT // AND UNCHANGEABLE COMPOSITION // MADE IN VARIOUS SHADES // REGISTERED // TRADE MARK // MANUFACTURERS: APOTELA LTD ZURICH 6, SWITZERLAND // CONTENT 2 LBS."
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-A1-1
Height
15.2 cm.
Diameter
10.9 cm.
Unit Of Measure
centimeters
Condition Remarks
The container minor rust spots especially on the bottom, but is complete and strong; lid will not readily come off; paper label is complete and fully legible; one very small hole and one stain; agent for Canada and the U.S.A. listed at the side has been crossed out with black
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Document
Research Facts
the Negocoll was most likely used by Marjorie Winslow when she cast the wax models in the Robertson Collection;
See transcribed oral interview: Model making techniques were described by Marjorie Winslow in an oral interview