Detail View: SHIMMER: Monument to Thomas Boulsover
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Title:
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Monument to Thomas Boulsover
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Creation Date:
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1927
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Image Date:
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2003
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Period:
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20th century
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Start Date:
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1926
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End Date:
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1927
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Location:
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Sheffield, South Yorkshire
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Country:
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ENGLAND, UK
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Material:
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stone
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Display Creator:
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not known
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Terms:
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Coats of arms
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Image ID:
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03-2769
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Description:
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General view of the monument. Location: Located in the woods off Whitely Wood Rood, Sheffield S11. It is built on the hillside between Wire Mill Dam and Porter Brook. Description: A stone monument with a corniced top and an arch built in each of its two faces. It is 4.5 metres high, 3 metres wide, and 1 metre in depth. Carved on the stone above the uphill-facing arch there is an elephant and a shield with three pairs of crossed swords; below this a stone scroll below which reads: " 1705 TB 1788". In the space below the arch there is a bronze plaque (see below). Commission: Unveiled on 15th April, 1929. The monument was the inspiration of ex-Master Cutler (1926-1927) David Flather, who also paid for its construction. It was designed by J R Wigfull, with the foundation work by E Partington (Corporation Improvement Surveyor) and his staff. 1 Onsite Plaque: This reads: "THIS MEMORIAL / WAS ERECTED PARTLY OF / THE STONES FROM A MILL / BUILT NEAR THIS PLACE BY / THOMAS BOULSOVER / THE INVENTOR OF / SHEFFIELD PLATE / BORN 1705 ″ DIED 1788 / HE CARRIED ON HIS INDUS- TRIES HERE AND RESIDED AT / WHITELY WOOD HALL / FROM 1762 UNTIL HIS DEATH" also "ERECTED BY / DAVID FLATHER / MASTER CUTLER 1926-1927" Comment: Despite its substantial size the structure is partly hidden in the trees, and relatively easy to overlook. A second monument to Boulsover can be found in Tudor Square. This was made by Richard Perry in 1991. The emblem on the memorial is the Cutlers' Company's Coat of Arms as used from 1624 - 18751. The crossed daggers were the sign of a cutler and the elephant's head is the Company's symbol. The Cutlers' Hall in High Street has elephant's head door handles. Fine quality cutlery usually had ivory handles and ivory was crucial to the cutlery trade. The Company of Cutlers in Hallamshire was founded in 1624 to oversee the cutlery trades in this area. Thomas Boulsover became a Freeman of the Company in 1726 after serving an apprencticeship of at least seven years under a Joseph Fletcher. David Flather was a keen local historian and the founding Chairman of the Society for the Preservation of Old Sheffield Tools, now called the South Yorkshire Industrial History Society. 2 Sources: [1] E-mail from Sylvia Pybus of Sheffield City Libraries to Dave Ball; 20/9/2005 [2] Letter from Cutlers' Company Archivist, Julie MacDonald, to Dave Ball; 13/9/2001
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Rights:
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© Sheffield Hallam University
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Permissions:
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For educational use only. This image may be used in print or digital materials provided that full acknowledgment is given, expressed as follows: " © < insert details from the 'Rights' field >. Photographed by < insert details from the 'Photographed by' field >."
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Image Storage Location:
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http://helios.shu.ac.uk/03-2769.tif
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Photographed by:
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Dave Ball
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Creator:
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not known
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Creator Role:
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Designer.
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Subject Heading:
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Steel, Stainless
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Subject Heading:
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Boulsover, Thomas, 1705-1788
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Subject Heading:
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Public art -- England -- Sheffield
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Subject Heading:
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Memorials -- England -- Sheffield
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Subject Heading:
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Monuments -- England -- Manchester
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