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Ifwo rthdo ingdo / Machine / Mark / EAE / Machine / No / 409 / Reg / Trade / Bagshaw / Mark / Serial No 2030 / Itw ell.. Metalware. Brass. Heavy brass oval machinery badge. 150 mm across. 1920s
Excellent. (N/A). John Stokes Bagshaw established an agricultural implement workshop in Elizabeth Street, Adelaide in 1838. The manufacture of wind-mills was one of the main activities at the works and, with his skills as one of the earliest pattern-makers in the colony, Bagshaw was much in demand by the newly-established foundries. In 1843 John Ridley commissioned him to make the original patterns for the first Australian stripper and Bagshaw won public recognition for his role in making a machine that could reap six acres of grain in a day. Inspired by this success, he went on to invent the first winnowing machine in Australia. He died at his home on 1st January 1888 and was buried at West Terrace Cemetery. Note the unusual way they have separated the slogan, making it initially look like gibberish until you realise the spaces are in the wrong places. A great plaque from this company that was prominent in the formation of the South Australian colony. Estimate: $50-75
