Name/TitleVacuum cleaner / Seed Dresser

About this objectOriginally a domestic vacuum cleaner (the DAISY VACUUM CLEANER) from YALLOP & SON HOUSE FURNISHERS of Harleston, it was used by the donor's husband in a Harleston meadow between 1935 and 1979 as a hand seed dresser.

It has carrying handles attached to a wheel, which is turned to operate the bellows. On the opposite side to the wheel is a plate with a hole in it, which is removeable by loosening two wing nuts.

MakerDAISY VACUUM CLEANER CO LTD

Medium and MaterialsWheel : Iron
Handle: Wood
Plate: Zinc
Bellows: Wood and Cloth

Inscription and MarksOn a plate on top is printed: 'YALLOP & SON HOUSE FURNISHERS BROAD STREET & THOROUGHFARE HARLESTON.'

On the wheel: THE DAISY VACUUM CLEANER CO LTD PATENTEES BIRMINGHAM ENGLAND

Zinc plate: DAISY VACUUM CLEANER

Printed on side with a picture of a daisy: THE DAISY REGISTERED TRADE MARK

MeasurementsDiameter of wheel: 38 cm

Overall size:
Height: 85 cm
Width: 58cm
Depth: 44cm

Wooden handle: 17 cm long

Object numberSTMEA:79.A.66.6

Copyright LicenceAttribution - Non-commercial (cc)