Duplicator
Ellams Duplicator Co. Ltd.
Category
Machinery and industrial devices
Date
circa 1945
Materials
Wood, metal, paper, plastic
Measurements
305mm (length of box); 119mm (height of box); 220mm (width of contents, cards and brackets); 255 mm (height of contents, cards and metal sheet on wood.)
Place of origin
King Street, 12
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 659530
Summary
A Duplicator made from a varnished wooden box which opens on hinges into two equal halves. On the exterior of one half is a transfer image of bantam above and below which is printed 'Ellams, Ban Tam, Duplicator, No 1 Model'. Inside one half is an ink duplicator with a separate ink roller. There is also a hinged wooden frame and wooden backing plate which fasten together with a metal clasp. Inside the other half is a length of cream machine knitted fabric; a set of yellow rectangular cards; a pale orange rectangular card; a sheet of white paper; a sheet of blue paper with 'Order' typed at the top; a cash sale invoice; a letter in an envelope addressed to 'R.S. Bird'; a sheet of translucent plastic on which is printed 'Ellams No. 1 'Bantam' Base Plate'; and a sheet of wood covered on one side with a sheet of metal held in place with two metal brackets. Printed in red and gold coloured ink on the sheet of metal is 'Made In England By Ellams, Duplicator Company Ltd. 12 King St. Cheapside, London E.C'. There is also a green cardboard box containing a duplicator pen wrapped up in some greaseproof paper. Printed on this box is 'Ellams Duplicator Pen Ellams, Ellams Duplicator Company Ltd, Alexandra House, 23 Bushey Hall Road, Bushey, Herts. Made in England'. Total number of items is 60.
Provenance
Donated to the Museum of Childhood by Mr D. J. Bird in June 1984.
Marks and inscriptions
Envelope: R. S. Bird Esq.,/ The Haven,/ Bargate,/ Holbrook,/ Derbyshire
Makers and roles
Ellams Duplicator Co. Ltd., maker