Object number
71/39
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Description
Nameplate, inscribed 'Reeves' Patent "Advance" Stacking Machine with Steel Framed Trough, No. 1 Size'. Reeves collection.
A rectangular iron nameplate with an extension at the lower edge, a raised rim, indented corners and two fixing holes. It bears the inscription in raised capitals, 'Reeves' Patent "Advance" Stacking Machine with Steel Framed Trough, No. 1 Size'. These nameplates from the Reeves Collection were made to be fixed to Reeves’ own machines made by other companies which were distributed by Reeves acting as agents.
Physical description
1 Nameplate: metal (iron)
Archival history
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.
Production place
Bratton
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