Vane & Schofield Forward Appliance Works plaque, possibly originally mounted on a glass house or garden feature. Shield-shaped and fitted with three screw holes. Company was established 1921 and may have supplied garden structures for John Nicolson or for Botany Dept after 1944.

Entry in British Industries Fair catalogue, 1937: Listed Exhibitor - British Industries Fair. Portable Wooded Buildings: Institutes, Pavilions, Contractors' Offices, Summer-houses, Garden Chalets, Huts, Garages, Greenhouses, Tomato Houses, Frames, Kennels, Poultry Houses, Glass Verandahs, Conservatories. Lists Free. Quotations Free. "V. and S." Products are Quality Goods.
Entry in British Industries Fair catalogue, 1950: Stand Outdoor,1211 and 1110. Brighton Road, Birmingham, 12. Teleph. : South 1413 (2 lines). Tel. Add. ; " South 1413.”—Portable Buildings. Pavilions, Garages, Greenhouses, Summerhouses, Poultry and Pig Houses, Church Halls, Garden Frames, Contractors’ Offices and Store Sheds, Garden Tool Sheds, Sectional Buildings of all kinds.

Notes:  Found during clear out of workshop