Anvil, Combination Vice and Grindstone; Laidlaw Leeds; 1910-1920; WY.1988.46
Anvil, Combination Vice and Grindstone
About this object
This is a small anvil with grindstone and vice, a combination tool sold to farmers in the early 1900s as a smallholding tool kit. These were marketed by Laidlaw Leeds as part of their New Zealand wide mail order service.
The company was founded by Robert Laidlaw in 1909 selling agricultural related goods through mail order catalogues, following a successful American model. It was bought by Farmers Union members in 1910, and in 1916 renamed as the Farmers Union Trading Co (Auckland) Ltd. The company later expanded into retail and adopted the department store model we know today as 'Farmers'.
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Date Made1910-1920
Period1910s
Medium and Materials
inorganic, processed material, metal, iron
organic, processed material, wood
h 350 mm x w 770 mm x d 170 mm
Subject and Association Keywords Object numberWY.1988.46
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