Accession No

6616.11

Brief Description

‘Things of Science’ educational kit (Artists’ colours, #291), by Science Service and by Advisory Centre for Education, English, c. 1964

Origin

Cambridge, England

Maker

Advisory Centre for Education

Class

demonstration; games

Earliest Date

Latest Date

Inscription Date

(c)

Material

Paper (card, paper); metal

Dimensions

140mm (width) x 89mm (depth) x 27mm (height)

Special Collection

Provenance

Purchased from www.eBay.co.uk on or before 18/12/2015.

Inscription

Description Notes

‘Things of Science’ educational kit (Artists’ colours, #291), by Science Service and by Advisory Centre for Education, English, c. 1964.

Artists’ colours, unit no. 291, printed in 1964.

Cardboard box contains instructions booklet, a page from ACE translating American English terms from the instruction booklet, sealed bags containing gum arabic, mapico brown, aluminum hydrate, ammonium chloride, terre verte powders as well as two sheets of filter paper and a copper filament underneath. Instructions booklet contains information about the uses and characteristics of artists’ colours as well as pigments and binders and denotes a series of 18 experiments to do using the contents of the box.

Box and contents made by Science Service, and box has since had the translation page included and been relabelled by ACE.

In very good condition, complete.

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