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Two Dunlop Yellow Glass Latex Collection Cups
These two latex collecting cups are both from Dunlop, but the trade marking is quite different. On one we have the well known arrow containing a 'D' while on the other is written 'Dunlop' enclosed in a circle.
Dunlop Tyres was an international United Kingdom-based company founded in 1888 by John Boyd Dunlop after he invented the modern pneumatic inflatable tyre. Its first factory opened in Dublin in 1889. The current company dates to 1990 when Goodyear Tyre and Rubber Company bought the European tyre business but not Dunlop Aircraft Tyres, which is an independently owned company.
To read a summary of an article entitled “A Collection of Old Latex Cups”, click here.
To view the Patent sketch and description of "Latham’s Spout and Cup Holder", click here.
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