Numero oggetto
80/63
Creatore
Descrizione
This is a standard size kiln tile from a disused malthouse at Great Gonerby near Grantham, Lincolnshire. It was 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. 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 one side reads: 'STANLEY BROS. LTD NUNEATON'.
Descrizione fisica
1 tile: clay; good condition.
Storico archivio
MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Institute of Agricultural History) – 'Standard museum name: Kiln Tile // Accession number: 80/63 // 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, sand coloured, with perforated surface. Inscription to one side, 'STANLEY BROS. LTD NUNEATON'. // Dimensions: 28cm x 31cm (nominal 12" square) // 5cm deep // Associated information: Tile used on the drying floors in malthouses. Malt was spread out over the smooth upper side (the one with the small perforations). Heat from a furnace below passed through the perforations to dry the malt. This one was one of the standard sizes for kiln tiles from the later nineteenth century onwards, and was made by one of the principal manufacturers of these items. It came from a disused malthouse at Great Gonerby, near Grantham. // References: H. Stopes, [‘Malt and Malting’ underlined] (1885) in R.U.L.'
Luogo di produzione
Nuneaton
Nome oggetto
Materiale
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