Barney Brown of Herald Toys & Models sent these in case I didn't
mention them in the follow-up to wells; which I hadn't, not only that but I had
presumed the Taylor was from the
hollow-cast mould and fingered Barratt
as possible source of one of the two unknowns!
The truth is Barratt & Son inherited the T&B
mould and FG Taylor's is the much
copied version, although I think heavy cross-bar notwithstanding, the Speedwell is based on this - 'this'
being the Barratt one!
This is the lead original, although the
company is known as a hollow-cast producer, items like this are more
traditionally made, poured-lead 'solid' castings, this is a cross-over piece
with a plastic roof on a metal body, so is probably 'Barratt' rather than 'Taylor
& Barratt'?
Production was eventually all-plastic and
here is a later one with polymer body and roof, but still with a metal bucket
and wire winding handle. You may have noticed - before reading this far! -
another piece of plastic, on the bottom of the moulding? Well . . .
. . . I think this well is the first of the
wells we've looked at, which is designed to hold actual water? The 'cap' is manufactured
from neutral granules, is semi-transparent and can only be there to provide a
seal so that water can be poured into the mould . . . how cool is that, it was
the 1950's after all!
Many thanks to Barney for (what are very
good-) images and the data, I'll update the other two posts to reflect the new
information with links to here.
Previously;
Original Post
Follow-up Post (post below this one on the page)
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