Flour bag
John Drew & Sons Ltd
Category
Textiles
Date
Unknown
Materials
Printed cotton
Measurements
160 mm (width); 390 mm (height)
Place of origin
Perry Barr
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Sudbury Hall (Children's Country House), Derbyshire
NT 659557
Summary
An empty flour bag made from fine white cotton. Printed on one side is 'DREW'S/ ACME/ Self-Raising Flour/ John Drew and Sons, Ltd/ Perry Barr Mills/ Birmingham/ Established 1[ ]/ 6LB. Gross' with a picture of various agricultural objects and a sheaf of corn. The bag is made from a single piece of fabric sewn down one side and across the bottom. It has several small orange-brown stains at the edges.
Makers and roles
John Drew & Sons Ltd, maker