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Name/TitleStencil

About this objectUsed for stencilling the name in hessian sacks for marketing. Used by the donor's grandfather, and great uncle, from the early 20th.c. until 1948.

Donor’s grandfather farmed at Willow Farm, Allwood Green and great uncle farmed at Chestnuts Farm, Allwood Green. Until 1948 they worked both farms, each at that time c. 100 acres, mixed (pigs and bullocks as well as corn and beet), as partners. The stencil could be used for stamping sacks of grain from either farm.

Medium and MaterialsZinc

Inscription and MarksLetters run in two lines, reading:

THOMPSON BROS. / RICKINGHALL

Measurements79cm x 27 cm

Object numberSTMEA:75.A.58.9

Copyright LicenceAttribution - Non-commercial (cc)Attribution - Non-commercial (cc)

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