Pen nib box
John Heath
Category
Education objects
Date
Unknown
Materials
Cardboard and metal
Measurements
Each box - 65 mm (width); 24 mm (height); 46 mm (depth)
Place of origin
Birmingham
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 666648
Summary
Five small, unopened boxes of pen nibs. Each box has a yellow, green, red and white printed label stuck round the box forming a seal. On the top is printed `John Heath's Turned up points, Telephone Pen, Holds a large supply of ink, Perfection'. On the label at the end of each box is printed `The Telephone Pen 0278 Fine Point, John Heath'. On the label at the base is printed, in dark blue, a description of the nibs and a caution against forgeries. This message is edged by a red flower pattern. The sides of the boxes are printed with a coloured design. Three boxes have a white and green coloured four-leaf clover design and two boxes have a gold and pink coloured apple blossom design. On four of the boxes is stuck an extra, small, black and gold coloured label printed with `J. and H. Bell Ltd. Nottingham.' Total number of items is 5.
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
John Heath , maker