Objektnummer
69/13/1-9
Beskrivelse
Eight brushes, one of which is very fine, with plastic handles. Four have blue binding tape, two have mauve binding tape, one has pink binding tape, and one has purple binding tape. The brushes are in a cardboard box marked 'Whaley Best Sable // Writers Writes // June 1929'. The donor's father was one of the Bushell Brothers, Charlie and Joseph, who ran a canal boat building and repair business at Gannel in New Mill, Tring, on the Wendover Arm Canal, until their retirement in 1952. They also did general coach-building.
Fysisk beskrivelse
8 brushes in cardboard box: plastic, bristles, cardboard
Arkivhistorik
MERL Miscellaneous note, Greta Bertram, 1 March 2013 – The Bushell Brothers, Charlie and Joseph, ran a canal boat building and repair business at Gannel in New Mill, Tring, on the Wendover Arm Canal. The business was founded by their father, Joseph Bushell Senior, in 1875. They took over its running in 1912, and the business closed in 1952 when they retired. This Collection comprises tools and other objects used at Bushell Brothers, as well as other various old tools that one of the Bushell brothers, who was always interested in rural crafts, collected druing his retirement. The majority of the Collection was donated by the daugther of one of the Bushell brothers, while other items were donated by a former employee.
Produktionsdato
1929 - 1929
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