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Model Shop

1942-1943 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Wooden two-storey shop with balcony, on a base.

Exterior: base is painted and marked to represent pavement with kerb stones. Ground floor front has two large perspex windows with central door. Proper right side has one large perspex window with blue painted rod divider. Back has a paned perspex window and a hinged door. Front section is hinged at bottom and opens forward; it is held open by a short length of string and fastened closed by a metal cabin hook closure. Woodwork on front and proper right is painted white and blue, with red and black painted signs 'BYBUY'S' above the windows. The second storey is painted to represent red brick and has one paned perspex window at the front, one on the proper right side and two on the back. There is a narrow balcony with green painted balustrade. The roof is carved and painted red to represent tiles; there is a chimney with three chimney pots on the proper left side of the roof. All the paned windows have green painted wood dividers and yellow painted lintels and sills. Proper right and back wall are covered with sawdust to represent pebble dash.

Interior: Sawdust floor with staircase leading from centre of floor to upper storey. Blue and white painted 'tiles' run along lower part of back and proper right walls; framed mirror on proper right wall. A metal rod runs from left to right, close to the ceiling and towards the front of the shop interior; two shorter metal rods run perpendicular to this from which hangs the 'meat'. There are nine pieces of painted wooden 'meat' with small metal hooks inserted and four pieces of meat without hooks which are displayed on two white-topped counters, one L-shaped and one rectangular; these are freestanding but may have originally been glued to the floor. There is a wooden cash register, barrow, three-legged chopping table with meat cleaver and rectangular white painted table. Upstairs has two small rooms accessible via a hinged sloping roof. A hinged door connects these two rooms and another hinged door leads from the smaller of the two rooms to the balcony.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 21 parts.

  • Model Shop
  • Shop Counter
  • Shop Counter
  • Shop Counter
  • Barrow
  • Cash Register
  • Chopping Table
  • Meat Cleaver
  • Meat Accessory
  • Meat Accessory
  • Meat Accessory
  • Meat Accessory
  • Meat Accessory
  • Meat Accessory
  • Meat Accessory
  • Meat Accessory
  • Meat Accessory
  • Meat Accessory
  • Meat Accessory
  • Meat Accessory
  • Meat Accessory
Materials and techniques
Sawn, painted and carved wood, nailed, hinged and glued; perspex windows
Brief description
Butcher's shop with accessories, wood, English, 1942-43
Physical description
Wooden two-storey shop with balcony, on a base.

Exterior: base is painted and marked to represent pavement with kerb stones. Ground floor front has two large perspex windows with central door. Proper right side has one large perspex window with blue painted rod divider. Back has a paned perspex window and a hinged door. Front section is hinged at bottom and opens forward; it is held open by a short length of string and fastened closed by a metal cabin hook closure. Woodwork on front and proper right is painted white and blue, with red and black painted signs 'BYBUY'S' above the windows. The second storey is painted to represent red brick and has one paned perspex window at the front, one on the proper right side and two on the back. There is a narrow balcony with green painted balustrade. The roof is carved and painted red to represent tiles; there is a chimney with three chimney pots on the proper left side of the roof. All the paned windows have green painted wood dividers and yellow painted lintels and sills. Proper right and back wall are covered with sawdust to represent pebble dash.

Interior: Sawdust floor with staircase leading from centre of floor to upper storey. Blue and white painted 'tiles' run along lower part of back and proper right walls; framed mirror on proper right wall. A metal rod runs from left to right, close to the ceiling and towards the front of the shop interior; two shorter metal rods run perpendicular to this from which hangs the 'meat'. There are nine pieces of painted wooden 'meat' with small metal hooks inserted and four pieces of meat without hooks which are displayed on two white-topped counters, one L-shaped and one rectangular; these are freestanding but may have originally been glued to the floor. There is a wooden cash register, barrow, three-legged chopping table with meat cleaver and rectangular white painted table. Upstairs has two small rooms accessible via a hinged sloping roof. A hinged door connects these two rooms and another hinged door leads from the smaller of the two rooms to the balcony.
Dimensions
  • Shop, roof closed height: 39cm
  • Shop length: 32cm
  • Shop, front closed depth: 20.5cm
  • Shop, front open depth: 27.5cm
  • Shop, roof open height: 45cm
  • Barrow height: 6.5cm
  • Barrow width: 4cm
  • Barrow depth: 2.7cm
  • L shaped counter height: 4.3cm
  • L shaped counter depth: 2.5cm
  • L shaped counter, short side length: 7.5cm
  • L shaped counter, long side length: 8.7cm
  • Rectangular counter, cream top brown base height: 4.1cm
  • Rectangular counter, cream top brown base depth: 2.7cm
  • Rectangular counter, cream top brown base length: 10cm
  • Rectangular counter, cream height: 3cm
  • Rectangular counter, cream depth: 3.5cm
  • Rectangular counter, cream length: 11.8cm
  • Cash register height: 2.7cm
  • Cash register length: 2.5cm
  • Cash register depth: 2cm
  • Chopping table height: 3.4cm
  • Chopping table diameter: 3cm
  • Meat cleaver length: 3.5cm
  • Meat cleaver width: 0.9cm
  • Meat cleaver depth: 0.5cm
  • Meat, heart shaped with hook length: 4cm
  • Meat, heart shaped with hook depth: 1.5cm
  • Meat, ribs with hook length: 3.5cm
  • Meat, ribs with hook depth: 1.3cm
  • Meat, oval with hook length: 3.7cm
  • Meat, oval with hook depth: 1.8cm
  • Meat, rectangular with hook length: 4cm
  • Meat, rectangular with hook depth: 0.8cm
  • Meat, leg with hook length: 4cm
  • Meat, leg with hook depth: 1.8cm
  • Meat, thin semi circle with hook length: 4cm
  • Meat, thin semi circle with hook depth: 0.8cm
  • Meat, thick semi circle with hook length: 3.2cm
  • Meat, thick semi circle depth: 2cm (Note: includes hook)
  • Meat, wedge with hook length: 3.5cm
  • Meat, wedge with hook depth: 1.5cm
  • Meat, diamond shape with hook length: 3.7cm
  • Meat, diamond shape with hook depth: 1.3cm
  • Meat, semi circle length: 3cm
  • Meat, semi circle depth: 1.2cm
  • Meat, skewered length: 4cm
  • Meat, skewered depth: 1.1cm
  • Meat, horn shape length: 4.4cm
  • Meat, horn shape depth: 1.5cm
  • Meat, painted bone in length: 4.2cm
  • Meat, painted bone in depth: 1.5cm
Style
Production typeUnique
Marks and inscriptions
  • 204 HIGH CLASS FAMILY BUTCHER BYBUY'S CIVILITY SERVICE QUALITY 205 (Painted in red and black on the lintel above the front door and windows)
  • ANY QUANTITY DELIVERED PROMPTLY / YOUR REGISTRATION IS INVITED (Painted in red on the apron below the front window sills)
  • 204 BYBUY'S 204 (Painted in red and black on the lintel above the proper right side window)
  • ONCE TRIED - SATISFIED! NO SIGHS BUT LARGE VALUE !!! (Painted in red on the apron below the proper right side window sill)
Credit line
Given by Mrs M H Woods
Collection
Accession number
MISC.308:1 to 21-1985

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Record createdJuly 1, 2009
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