Vegetable rack
Category
Furniture
Date
1930 - 1969
Materials
Steel, paint
Measurements
56 x 42 x 21.5 cm
Place of origin
England
Collection
Sunnycroft, Shropshire
NT 1318288
Summary
A green-painted steel vegetable rack, English, mid-20th century, by Tala, with three racks and perforated sides, the top rack with central divider. Stamped to the front base 'Tala/ VEGETABLE RACK/ MADE IN ENGLAND'.
Provenance
Sunnycroft was built in 1880 for J.G. Wackrill, founder of the Shropshire Brewery. It was bought in the early 1890s by Mary Jane Slaney who proceeded to extend the house and lay out the grounds to create the estate that is there today. After Mary Slaney died in 1912 the property was bought by her brother-in-law John Vernon Thomas Lander. Three generations of the Lander family lived at Sunnycroft. J.V.T. Lander's granddaughter Joan bequeathed the estate to the National Trust in 1997.
Marks and inscriptions
Front base: Tala/ VEGETABLE RACK/ MADE IN ENGLAND