Description:This iron safety chain back plate is one of a collection of whitesmith tools and products that were salvaged from the site of the workshop of J. Clark and Sons. There is a slot along the length of the plate for a chain and eight screw holes.
J. Clark and Sons were whitesmiths, locksmiths and bell hangers. From 1880 to 1980 they lived and worked in a small workshop at 66.5 Clarendon Street, Leamington Spa. Whitesmiths worked in white iron, or tin plated iron and other white metals.