An Art Deco Carvacraft butterscotch Bakelite 7 piece desk set comprising of double inkwell, blotting board, blotter, stamp sponge holder, pen holder, calendar and desk tray. With the label 'Carvacraft, Made in Gt Britain, A Dickinson Product'
To be offered for Auction in our Antique and Interiors Auction on the 13th of March 2019
The Carvacraft range was produced between 1948-1951 by the well known stationary company John Dickinson and Co Ltd. The designer Charles Boynton captured the typical Art Deco streamlined curves beautifully.
John Dickinson Stationary Limited pioneered a number of innovations in paper making notably the use of Bakelite. Bakelite was the first plastic made from synthetic components. Developed in America in 1907 by a Belgian-American chemist Leo Baekeland and patented in 1909, it was revolutionary due to its electrical nonconductivity and heat resistant properties.
Diverse products were produced from radio and telephone casings to pipe stems, children's toys, kitchenware, firearms and jewellery.
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