83/107

Gold tobacco tin. 'RECORDER, FULL STRENGTH'. Found in a shed in Ashburton, Devon.
This is a flat, rectangular, gold tobacco tin with a red lid. On the lid is a picture of a judge with an ink-stand and quill and the words 'RECORDER // FULL STRENGTH'. It was found by the donor in his father's shed in Ashburton, Devon, while clearing it out after his father's death in 1983. It is one of a number of objects found in the shed by the donor and donated to MERL (object numbers 83/98-83/128).

1 tin: good condition.

MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Institute of Agricultural History) – 'Standard museum name: TIN // Accession number: 83/107 // Classification: TRADES & PROFESSIONS Tobacconist // Negative number: 60/14543 // Acquisition method: Gift // Acquired from, date: Roger Plumb, [...], October 1983 // Store: small object // Condition: good // Recorder, date: JMB 13.12.83 // Description: A flat rectangular tin, gold with a red lid // On lid: Picture of a judge with ink-stand and quill and the words RECORDER // FULL STRENGTH // Dimensions: Length: 10.0cm Width: 8.0cm Height: 2.5cm. // Associated information: MERL COL. SLIDE NO. 4465 // References:', Letter, MERL to Roger Plumb, 10 October 1983 – 'Dear Mr Plumb, // Thank you for leaving the boxes of items at the Museum recently. We have kept some of the objects, one (the telephone) has been passed on to the Science Museum, the rest, being of no interest, we have discarded. // Yours sincerely, // Roy D Brigden // Keeper, Museum of English Rural Life'