Pen nib box
Geo.W.Hughes
Category
Education objects
Date
1909 - 1911
Materials
Cardboard and metal
Measurements
Each box - 64 mm (width); 20 mm (height); 45 mm (depth)
Place of origin
Birmingham
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Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 666650
Summary
Five dark red, pink, gold, and yellow coloured boxes of pen nibs (1909). On display one of the two boxes - 'No. 1037 M' In storage One dark red, pink, gold, and one yellow coloured boxes of pen nibs. The top label is is printed with 'Geo.W.Hughes, Gold Medals, London 1909, Brussels 1910, Turin 1911, Ajusto'. The word 'Ajusto' is printed on a gold coloured picture of a nib. On the base of the box is a description of the nibs written in several languages. The label on one side of the box gives details of the foreign registrations and on the other side is the manufacturer's name and address, 'Geo.W.Hughes, Birmingham, England'. On one end of box is printed 'Ajusto' and a number; two boxes have the number 'No.1037 F' and two boxes have the number 'No. 1037 M'. The fifth box, which is paler in colour, has been opened and the end parts of the label are missing. In the open box are 134 brass-coloured pen nibs. The nibs are impressed with the makers name and address and the number '1037 F'. Part of the label from an unopened box is missing. Total number of items is 130.
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
Geo.W.Hughes , maker