70/292/1-2

Two paper posters showing a baler, using the colours red, blue, yellow and green. One poster is stapled to a wooden board. They have the inscription 'Jones Minor Baler Mark IV. The most compact baler of all'. The signs came to museum as part of the Reeves collection.

MERL Miscellaneous note, Greta Bertram, 10 March 2014 – The Reeves Collection was donated by R. & J. Reeves and Son Ltd. of Bratton Iron Works near Westbury, Wiltshire. The firm, which manufactured agricultural machinery, was well-established by 1849, and went into final receivership in 1970, when the Collection was donated to MERL. Bratton Iron Works was demolished in 1973. A detailed list of all of the objects in the Collection can be found in the accession file for 70/235. Records relating to the firm can be found in the MERL Archives, reference TR REE., MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Institute of Agricultural History) – ‘Sign (Massey Harris) // Marketing // Reeves // Description: Two paper posters showing a baler. Colours red, blue, yellow and green. One poster is stapled to a wooden board. Inscription: Jones Minor Balor Mark IV. The most compact baler of all. Dimensions: Length 73cm and width: 48cm // Associated information: One of these posters was once stuck to the back of sign 70/291 but both are now accessioned as 70/292’