Box mangle
Oxenham and Eddy
Category
Machinery and industrial devices
Date
Unknown
Materials
Cast iron, Mahogany
Measurements
1620 mm (H)1940 mm (Length)930 mm (W)1150 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
Oxford Street
Order this imageCollection
Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1332113
Summary
Box mangle, complete with handle and in working order. Cast iron end plates and brackets repaired. Signed 'Eddy late Oxenham and Eddy 354 ? Oxford Street, London (with Royal Arms)' on winding mechanism. Iron winding mechanism draws box across rollers by means of a chain. Rollers loose. In notebook no.4, page 85 (1340945.4) Charles Wade refers to: 'Mizzen 96. Box Mangle from an old House in Chipping Campden, Glos. was still in use. Set in a well made frame of very hard wood, the deck of Spanish Mahogany. The box is filled with stones. There is an ingenious arrangement for reversing motion of the box, though still turning the handle in the same direction. Maker Eddy late Oxenham & Eddy, 354 Oxford Street, London (Royal Arms) V.R.'. Includes sketch and dimension. Standing on the box is a photograph of Dotti Hands, Charles Wade's housekeeper, operating the mangle.
Provenance
from an old house in Chipping Camden, Glos. Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.
Marks and inscriptions
Eddy late Oxenham and Eddy 354 Oxford Street, London
Makers and roles
Oxenham and Eddy
References
Wade, 1944: Charles Paget Wade, Contents of Snowshill Manor. Volume 4 First and Second Floor, 1944, page 110