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 NICKEL TAPS FROM MR NORMAND AT SALVO
PATRICK Normand will be bringing a rummageworthy collection of brassware to Salvo. 'I've only just finished polishing some of the stuff from the drenching it got last time,' he said, referring to the scattered showers that punctured an otherwise blissfully sunny Salvo 2004 last July. This year he is taking the precaution of hiring an on-site marquee.
Sanitation was uppermost in the minds of Victorian England's medical institutions, and nickel-plated brassware deemed second rate, so solid nickel taps were often specified in hospitals.
Patrick is bringing ten pairs of solid nickel bathroom basin taps, at £90 a pair, from an institution near Brighton c1889, complete with a few matching sinks at £250 with cantilever brackets.
'By 1900 nickel and chrome plating was more reliable and solid nickel was phased out. The plating problem was resolved by plating a layer coppery nickel on the brass first, and then putting a layer of silver-nickel on top,' Patrick said.
He is also bringing a rare set of 40 pairs of matching oval door knobs with cast coppery bases, dated around 1915, and some wooden locks dating from 1870, and two rather earlier models from 1830, currently without keys - but Michael Brown, another exhibitor at Salvo, is a traditional locksmith who will provide keys on site for anything 'from a petite jewellery box to a parish church monster' at the fair.
[Photos: Patrick Normand gives away a brass and porcelain room number from an old nurses accommodation block with a purchase on his Salvo Fair stand, and the detail shows him polishing a solid nickel tap 'Approved by the Metropolitan Water Board'.
Patrick Normand, Surrey. Tel 01483 892984
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