Object number
93/12
Creator
Description
A cardboard packet containing powdered whiting, a substance used in domestic cleaning. It was manufactured by Samuel Ward & Co Ltd. of Slough, Berkshire, and came from the home of the Lawrence family in Reading.
Physical description
1 packet of powdered whiting: good condition
Archival history
MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Institute of Agricultural History) – 'Standard museum name: POWDERED WHITING // Accession number: 93/12 // … // Recorder: JMB // Date: 11.8.93 // Description: A packet made of card with paper labels containing powdered whiting. // Inscription: WARDHOME SUPERFINE COLOURS // 1lb NETT // POWDERED WHITING // SAMUEL WARD & CO LTD. // SLOUGH // Dimensions: Height: 16.5 cm Width: 10.0 cm Depth: 4.5 cm // Associated information: This tin came from the home of the Lawrence family see 93/5. [The Lawrence Family lived at Avebury Square, Reading, until the death of Dorothy Lawrence in the mid-1970s.] // No entry found in Kelly’s Directory’
Production place
Slough
Object name
Material
Associated subject
Associated person/institution
External document
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_16112.tif - High resolution image
