71/79

A rectangular nameplate with a raised rim and cut-out corners. It has three holes for fixing. It bears the inscription 'Agents, Gower + Co, Hook'. These nameplates from the Reeves Collection were made to be fixed to Reeves’ own machines made by other companies which were distributed by Reeves acting as agents.

1 nameplate: metal; good condition

MERL miscellaneous note - 'used by industrial agents Gower & Co. of Hook, Hampshire'., 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.

Bratton