Thomas Crapper and Co were very well-known for the quality of their products and received several Royal Warrants. It is a name that exudes quality to this day.
There are quite a few Victorian company’s that helped establish and promote high standards and quality of British workmanship. Within the fine sanitary wear business John Bolding and certainly Thomas Crapper and Co would be counted amongst these. If you are lucky enough to have some Thomas Crapper taps it is well worth restoring them.
Here are some stunning original Thomas Crapper taps. As you can see they were in a terrible state. One of the handleswas completely missing and they were unusuable.
To recondition and re plate these taps first of all the taps would be taken apart and inspected thoroughly. If any parts were found to be missing or faulty these would be replaced. Then the taps would be put back together again and tested to ensure they worked correctly. After this the taps would need to be taken apart again to be plated. In this instance a lovely silver nickel plate was applied. Again the taps would be put together again and tested before finally being packaged a returned to their owner. Arguably more work goes into reconditioning and re plating the taps than the original construction.
The specialist tap technician has done a fantastic job of restoring the taps so they look absolutey stunning.
If you would like to have some original taps restored contact us at The Bath Business.
We also sell original restore antique taps by Thomas Crapper, John Bolding, Dent & Hellyer, George Jennings to name a few. Contact us if you need to source a particular style or make. If we don’ have them in stock we can probably find them for you.
This is a boring, I say, boring article. I’m trying to do a report on Thomas Crapper and you don’t have info about Thomas Crapper himself! WHAT’S UP WITH THAT?
This isn’t an article about “The life and works of Thomas Crapper”. It’s simply an article that shows how beautifully crafted taps that have been all but destroyed can be brought back to life again. And some people do appreciate the craftmanship needed to do that.
If you want info on Thomas Crapper as try Wikipedia