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Subject: Inventor of Plasticine

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Terry Harbutt

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Date Posted: 15:05:20 09/26/02 Thu

Dear Sue
It was my Great Grandfather who invented Plasticine. He was headmaster at the Paragon School in Bath teaching art and thought that a permanently plastic medium would be better for his pupils to use than clay which was dirty and dried out too fast. After some experimentation he developed Plasticine (not quite the same as in latter years) and it became so popular that he bought an old mill in Bathampton to manufacture it. It continued to grow in popularity and remained a family company 'till about 1975.
His wife was a noted artist also and was a respected minituraist and painted on porcelain as well as other mediums. She was commissioned by Queen Victoria to do minatures of herself and Albert.
If you wish any further information feel free to email me at tharbutt@aol.com
Regards
Terry Harbutt

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