N° d'objet
80/64
Créateur
Description
This is a kiln tile from the disused Lee & Grinling malthouse No. 14, which was built about 1900 at Great Gonerby near Grantham, Lincolnshire. Kiln tiles were used on the drying floor of malthouses. Malt was spread over the smooth perforated side and dried as heat from the furnaces below passed through. This one is a 3/4 sized tile for filling spaces at the ends of a row. It was made from the later nineteenth century onwards by Stanley Brothers Ltd., one of the principal manufacturers of such tiles, who were based in Nuneaton, Warwickshire. The inscription on the top reads: 'STANLEY BROS. NUNEATON PATENT'.
Description physique
1 kiln tile: clay; good condition.
Historique d'archive
MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Institute of Agricultural History) – 'Standard museum name: Kiln Tile // Accession number: 80/64 // Classification: Processing, grain malt // Negative number: // Acquisition method: Gift // Acquired from, date: Pauls & Sandars Ltd., Grantham, 3 June 1980 // Store: // Condition: Good // Recorder, date: J. H. B. 28 October 1980 // Description: Large clay tile. Perforated surface. Glazed on the upper side, part glazed on the lower side. Inscription on the top, 'STANLEY BROS. NUNEATON PATENT'. // Dimensions: 35cm x 25cm (12" x 8 1/2") // 5cm deep // Associated information: Tile used on the drying floors in malthouses. Malt was spread out over the upper side (the one with the small perforations). Heat from a furnace below passed through the perforations to dry the malt. This one is a 3/4 sized tile for filling spaces at the ends of a row. It was made by one of the principal manufacturers of kiln tiles of the later nineteenth century and after. It came from a disused malthouse (Lee & Grinling No. 14), which was built about 1900, at Great Gonerby near Grantham. // References: H. Stopes, [‘Malt and Malting’ underlined] (1885) in R.U.L.'
Lieu de création
Nuneaton
Nom d'objet
Matériel
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