Manual Floor Buffer

Manual Floor Buffer

An image of a mop like item with a metal head. It is standing next to a bucket on a black and white checkered floor with grey cabinets in the background.
Floor buffer in the Eldon House Kitchen

Country of Origin: Canada
Year: 1875
Materials: Metal, boar bristle, and cork 

This buffer is an earlier iteration of a floor polisher. It has an extremely heavy metal base which would allow the user to run the unit back and forth so to polish non-carpeted floors. One side of the base has a layer of cork padding and the other a dense brush. The brush would get any dirt and grim off the floors and then allow for manual polishing which would help restore the flooring.

We acknowledge that we are on the traditional lands of the Anishinaabek, Haudenosaunee, Lūnaapéewak and Attawandaron. We honour and respect the history, languages and culture of the diverse Indigenous people who call this territory home.

We acknowledge all the treaties that are specific to this area: the Two Row Wampum Belt Treaty of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy/Silver Covenant Chain; the Beaver Hunting Grounds of the Haudenosaunee NANFAN Treaty of 1701; the McKee Treaty of 1790, the London Township Treaty of 1796, the Huron Tract Treaty of 1827, with the Anishinaabeg, and the Dish with One Spoon Covenant Wampum of the Anishnaabek and Haudenosaunee.

The three Indigenous Nations that are neighbours to London are the Chippewas of the Thames First Nation; Oneida Nation of the Thames; and the Munsee-Delaware Nation who all continue to live as sovereign Nations with individual and unique languages, cultures, and customs.