Object number
2010/129
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Description
Nameplate reads ‘W. Tasker & Sons Ltd, Makers. Andover, Hants’. Part of John Cox, collection.
This iron nameplate was possibly once painted red, as traces of red paint can be seen on the rim. The text reads ‘W. Tasker & Sons Ltd // Makers // Andover, Hants’. Taskers, a firm of agricultural engineers, manufactured portable and traction engines, threshing machines and other agricultural implements. The nameplate is part of a large collection of objects relating to Suttons Seeds Ltd., as well as other rural artefacts, compiled by John Cox, who worked at Suttons from 1931 to 1976, starting as an office boy and finishing as Company Secretary.
Physical description
1 Nameplate: metal (iron)
Archival history
MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Museum of English Rural Life) – ‘Associated information: This item was part of a large collection of Suttons Seeds related objects and other rural artefacts collected by the late John Cox. Mr Cox was company secretary at Suttons 1968–1976. He started at Suttons in 1931. The collections he amassed were sorted by his daughters, Bridget and Katherine, following his death. The Museum agreed to purchase a number of objects, which were then identified and assessed with the help of Gerry Westall and Ron Butler (MERL volunteers and former colleagues of Mr Cox).’
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Andover
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