School desk
Fishers School Furniture Co. Ltd.
Category
Education objects
Date
circa 1800 - circa 1899
Materials
Wood and iron
Measurements
572 mm (width); 66 mm (height); 2285 mm (length)
Place of origin
West Bromwich
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 665311
Summary
A long wooden 19th century school desk to seat five children. Two pairs of iron legs, with trefoil shaped feet, are bolted to the long desk, the long shelf beneath the desk and the corresponding long seat as a single unit. There are five circular holes in the desk which would have each received inkwells. Between these holes are narrow slits which would have held slates.
Provenance
'Derbyshire Museum Service History of Education Collection' - a collection established by Derbyshire Museum Service (through gifts from individuals, Derbyshire schools and purchases) in the 1940s and stored at Sudbury Hall from the early 1970s to 2012. The National Trust managed the collection between 1991 and 2012 when legal ownership was transferred from Derbyshire County Council to the National Trust.
Marks and inscriptions
Underside of the seat: 'DCC' On the legs: 'FISHER / WESTBROWNTON'
Makers and roles
Fishers School Furniture Co. Ltd., maker