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>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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