Pusher
Category
Childcare objects
Date
circa 1908
Materials
Silver
Measurements
103 mm (length); 40 mm (width)
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 665829
Summary
A silver pusher with an oval base and a slightly curved shaped handle (circa 1908). A line is engraved around both faces of the handle and a scroll of leaves over the end. At the base of the handle, where it is shaped into the plate, is a circular engraved pattern of the same type of scrolling leaves. A set of entwining initials, 'BRW', is engraved on the wide end of the handle. The oval pusher plate is hall-marked on the underside and the name 'Barbara' on the top face.
Marks and inscriptions
On the back of the pusher plate, lion rampant and lion's head and letter 'n' in gothic script: 'A and L' On the top of the pusher plate, in italic script: 'Barbara' On the underside of the handle, entwined initials: 'B.R.W.'