Object number
96/38
Creator
Description
A cylindrical brass syringe with pump mechanism, used for spraying plants with insecticides. The pump has a wooden handle. The sprayer is inscribed 'Perfecta // Wm Wood & Son Ltd // Wood Green // London' and 'Adjustable // Plunger Syringe // Stone's Patent'.
Physical description
1 spraying syringe: brass
Archival history
MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Museum of English Rural Life) – 'Recorder: JMB // Date: 5.8..96 // Description: Brass, cylindrical syringe with pump mechanism. The pump has a wooden handle. // Inscription: PERFECTA // Wm WOOD & SON LTD // WOOD GREEN // LONDON // ADJUSTABLE // PLUNGER SYRINGE // STONE’S PATENT // Dimensions: Length: 66.0 cm // Diameter: 6.0 cm // Associated information: MRS BEATTIE TAYLOR and her husband Ernie (who died in 1991) had lived at Birch Cottage for 50+ years. Prior to that the house was owned by her uncle, Will Hughes, c.1900–1930’s who was a wood turner and besom maker operating from a workshop at the site of the house.’
Production place
Wood Green
Object name
Material
Associated subject
External document
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_16712.tif - High resolution image
