Haddon / Hall
Daler Board Co Ltd
Category
Education objects
Date
Unknown
Materials
Paper and wood
Measurements
Book - 330 mm (height); 475 mm (width), Painting - 305 mm (height); 405 mm (width)
Place of origin
Alfreton
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 671348
Summary
A large school project book about Haddon Hall by pupils at Alfreton Secondary Girls' School, possibly dated July 1951. The front and back covers are grey cardboard bound together with a black thread through two small holes on the left hand side. The cover has a blue rectangular strip on the left and two blue triangles in the right top and bottom corners. 'Haddon Hall' is handwritten in black ink. The first left page has the inscription 'JR Cresswell.' The book has colour illustrations, including a map of the journey, black and white photographs and handwritten essays about the house, the surrounding countryside and Dorothy Vernon. Found in the back page of the book is a colour painting on a wooden board depicting a stone river bridge with trees in the background. The back of the painting has a label with the manufacturer’s name 'Daler Board for oils'.
Provenance
Donated to the Museum of Childhood by N. C. Cresswell. 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."
Marks and inscriptions
In the top of the first left page in the book: 'JR Cresswell' On the paper label on the painting: 'DALER BOARD / FOR OILS' printed in blue within an grey oval shape. The second 'DALER / BOARD' is inside with a large letter 'D' forming an inner oval inside the first, with 'BOARD' written inside it below : DALER BOARD / FOR OILS / D / ALER / BOARD / PATENT APPLIED FOR / Stock Sizes / Grade / LM / HANDMADE AT WAREHAM. DORSET' On the back of the painting: 'SIZE / 12 x 16'
Makers and roles
Daler Board Co Ltd, manufacturer Alfreton Secondary Girls School , engraver and publisher