Rubber stamp
Category
Education objects
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wood and rubber
Measurements
Each stamp (min) - 28 mm (width); 33 mm (height), Each stamp (max) - 63 mm (width); 43 mm (height)
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 671108
Summary
A set of hand held wooden blocks with rubber mounts. The blocks have the relevant letter, number or wording printed in black ink, on the top. The set consists of: alphabet upper case (missing letters A,J,U,Z), alphabet lower case (missing a,k), large numbers 1-11, small numbers 1-9, pound and pence signs, decimal figures, a half, a quarter, a half, two commas, one hyphen, one oblique, one dash, a finger indicator, and various printed words - Co-operative for value and service. Finest Quality, Per doz, Per tin, Per bottle, per Pkt, Each, per lb, per qtr, A Pair, Special Value, Our Price, Bargain, English, Foreign, Europe, '28/[r]/3'. There is one large wooden block with a hole drilled through it and no rubber stamp attached. There are two rubber stamps, one which resembles a single inverted comma, the other resembles a wavy line. Total number of items is 99.
Provenance
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."