Vintage Melamine “Allied Chemical” Harvest Gold Dish Set- 9 Pieces

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This is an awesome set of Allied Chemical Melamine dishes in the famous Harvest Gold of the 1960’s. Included in … Read more This is an awesome set of Allied Chemical Melamine dishes in the famous Harvest Gold of the 1960’s. Included in the set:
*6 coffee/tea cups (W 4.5”; D 3.75”;
H 2.25”)
1 creamer (W 5”; D 3.75”; H 2.25”)
1 sugar (W 3.75”; D3.75”; H 2.25”)
1 large oval bowl (W 9.5”; D 5.75”;
H 2.5”)

This is a great collector set or could also ideally be used for camping, boating, RV and just plain picnicking.

Does not appear to have been used.

History of Melamine: During the 1930’s “melamine”, a plastic powder raw material hit a record low in price. Many companies, worried about the threat of impending war that would bring financial restraints, jumped on the bandwagon to make functional and commercial products.

Another innovative corporation “American Cyanamid Company” did a wonderful advertising campaign on “Look Magazine”, touting their products as “Melmac”, which are one as the same - made of Melamine! See less