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Mappin and Webb (Manufacturer)

This British Dairy Farmers Association medal was awarded to Muriel Jane Carter in 1935. She bred and showed chickens, especially Faverolles. The box is inscribed ‘British Dairy Farmers Association’, the front has an image of a milkmaid, with a cow, goat and three fowl, on the reverse is inscribed ‘British Dairy Farmers Association Founded 1876 // Awarded to // Mrs M J Carter // for the best Faverolle // Dairy Show // 1935’. The medal was made by Mappin and Webb, which is inscribed inside the presentation box. The Faverolles is a French breed of chicken with feathery feet. The medal came to the Museum with a large donation of material from the Poultry Club.

1) medal in 2) box: metal, leatherette, velvet

MERL Object Entry Form - '3 medals in presentation boxes: 2 are from the Poultry Club. 1 is from the British Dairy Farmers Association. All won by Aunt of the donor, Mrs Muriel Jane Carter. She farmed with her husband. She kept chickens, Faverolles, and took them to shows in London. The medals are from the 1930s. Donated to the Poultry Club for preservation and passed to the Museum of English Rural Life.', MERL Miscellaneous note - Interview with donor on Thursday 9 June. Mrs Muriel Jane Carter (nee Sealey) bred chickens to show. She especially bred Faverolles. She is donor’s aunt. She married and farmed in Gloucestershire, then moved to farm at Balance Farm, Essex or Sussex, before retiring to Gloucestershire. Her father told her he remembers the chickens strutting on the kitchen table and being preened, before taking them to the poultry show in London. She also showed at the Three Counties Show. When Muriel died her belongings went to donor’s parents. Her mother gave her Muriel’s medals. They were kept for 20-30 years before she then donated them to the Poultry Club to preserve them.

Westminster

1930 - 1935

Metal, Leather, Fibre