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Enamel sign; showing a tractor and cutting blade. Lettering reading "BUSATIS, tractors mowers sales and service". Part of the Reeves collection.
Enamelled metal sign mounted on a wooden frame which is painted grey. The sign shows a tractor and cutting blade. colours are green and yellow with some white lettering on black reading "BUSATIS, tractors mowers sales and service". The signs came to museum as part of the Reeves collection.

MERL Miscellaneous note, Greta Bertram, 10 March 2014 – The Reeves Collection was donated by R. & J. Reeves and Son Ltd. of Bratton Iron Works near Westbury, Wiltshire. The firm, which manufactured agricultural machinery, was well-established by 1849, and went into final receivership in 1970, when the Collection was donated to MERL. Bratton Iron Works was demolished in 1973. A detailed list of all of the objects in the Collection can be found in the accession file for 70/235. Records relating to the firm can be found in the MERL Archives, reference TR REE., MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Institute of Agricultural History) – ‘Sign (Busatis Sales and Service) // Marketing // Reeves // Description: Enamelled metal sign mounted on a wooden frame which is painted grey. The sign shows a tractor and cutting blade. colours are green and yellow with some white lettering on black. Dimensions: Length 79 cm and width: 61cm // Associated information: BUSATIS, tractors mowers sales and service’