Description
Turf cutter with BRADES CO CAST STEEL engraved on the metal cutter.
Year created
Undated - c1930-1940
Publication Date/Date Made
Undated - c1930-1940
Physical Characteristics (Dimensions)
127.5 cm x 22 cm
Physical Characteristics (Description)
Brades engraving on cutter
Supporting Information
Brades Steel Works was built at Oldbury in the West Midlands in the 1790s by William Hunt, who had bought the Brades Estate in 1882. Following mergers with Nash Tyzack Industries in 1951 to become Brades Nash Tyzack Industries and with Skelton to become Brades, Skelton & Tyzack Ltd in 1962, it then became part of Spear & Jackson in 1962.
Donor or Creator of Records
Elizabeth Bolland
Provenance
From the tool-shed of James Wesley Seal (father of Elizabeth)
Nature of Acquisition
Gift
Accession Date
2007
Access Conditions
Contact Archive Manager
Reference
2107/MGT/B