Pen nib box
C Brandauer and Co. Ltd.
Category
Education objects
Date
Unknown
Materials
Cardboard and metal
Measurements
Box - 63 mm (width); 27 mm (height); 46 mm (depth)
Place of origin
Birmingham
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Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 666643
Summary
A small, opened, cardboard box of pen nibs, dark cream in colour with a black and gold label all around the centre of box with gold printing. The label at the top reads 'No. 182 M, The London School Pen Steel Pen Manufrs, Birmingham, C Brandauer and Co Ltd'. This is all printed in black on a decorative gold triangle. There is a gold decorative border around the label with 'No. 182 M' written on the side of the box. Underneath is a decorative pattern in gold. The box contains thirty-eight 'The London School Pen M nibs'. The manufacturer's name is impressed on the nibs. There are two additional nibs; 'Geo. W. Huges 1037 F' is impressed on one nib; 'Geo. W. Huges Violin Pen' is impressed on the other. Total number of items is 42.
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. Archival records information - "The collection was established as a result of isolated gifts in the 1940's, and the 'savings' of certain school records (now passed to County Records) during wartime paper salvage." "During the 1950s it was L.E.A. practice to hold an Easter Course for teachers, and the County (Derbyshire) Museum arranged a special exhibition for teach course. As by the mid 1950s quite a collection had already accumulated, it was decided to produce an exhibition on the history of education with special reference to Derbyshire. Consequently, further material was purchased, from which items were selected. The exhibition was subsequently shown at a number of centres, and after disbandment, additions continued to be made with the aim of eventually producing a reconstructed classroom as a base for research. The Derby Bishop Lonsdale College of Education has frequently made use of the collection in various ways."
Makers and roles
C Brandauer and Co. Ltd., maker