Objects Database

Rucksack

Accession Number

085.2008.1

Object Name

Rucksack

Created

10/10/2008

Creator

Hermione Cooper

Accession Date

10/10/2008

Brief Description

Green 'A' frame canvas rucksack. Three pockets. Metal frame. Cream khaki straps and metal buckles. Military arrow ↑ would indicate this was made for military use during World War ll

Materials

canvas, brass

Dimensions

45(h) x 40(w) x 25(d) cms.

Number Of Objects

1

Inscription Description

"JLP" written in ink on canvas strap at back. On back reads " MADE BY WM EWART & SONS. 1944"

Colour

Green

Maker

Wm Ewart & sons.

Provenance

We are not 100% sure, but it looks very much like the Wm Ewart & Son who made this rucksack were the Belfast based Linen Company that began life in 1814. The companies archive is down in the National Archive, Kew, Richmond under the ref GB/NNAF/C103381, if anyone is 'anoraky' enough to go and have a look! Thousands of companies got contracts to make items during the war years, and these items subsequently became surplus when war was over, ultimately finding their way onto the back of a mountaineer in this case. Quite how this one got into the collection we are not sure - it is one of many acquired by Mick Tighe in the early years. The initials JLP inked onto one of the straps is no doubt due to a previous owner.

Acquisition Date

10/10/2008

Condition Check Date

28/04/2009

Rules

Spectrum : UK Museum documentation standard, V.3.1 2007

Modified

28/04/2009

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