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John Damerel trade card

Archive Item: MS 2241/4/1/1 Contains digital media

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Type of record: Archive

Title: John Damerel trade card

Level: Item

Classmark: MS 2241/4/1/1

Creator(s): John Damerel; Smith

Site Location(s): Based in - Exeter, Devon, England, United Kingdom, Europe( 50.7236, -3.52751 )

Date(s): c.1840

Size and medium: 1 trade card

Manifest: https://iiif.library.leeds.ac.uk/presentation/cc/cw1fmfkq

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/718441

Collection group(s): Art and Antique Market | John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History

Description

Highly pictorial 19th century engraved trade card of John Damerel, depicting various metalware items (clockwise from top) smoke jack, bell, metal gate, decorative fire guard or fender, metal urn, decorative stove, vice, range, stove and hanging lamp. Manuscript ink signature 'F W Drake' overlays text on reverse.


Transcription of obverse: John Damerel. Wholesale Retail and furnishing ironmonger. No. 62, High Street, St. Sidwell, Exeter. Opposite the church. Smith, Engraver & Printer, Exeter.


Transcription of reverse: JOHN DAMEREL, Manufactures the following Articles, Improved Cooking Apparatus with Register & other Stoves, Self-oiling Smoke Jacks, Balconies, Virandas [Verandas], Iron Railing, Gates, Hurdles, Light Fence &c., Cabinet, Coach & Chair makers, Screws & Cramps, Coach-smiths, Gun-makers & Wheelers Stocks & Dies of various sizes, right & left handed, French Castors & Window Rods, Bed Rods &c. &c. GOODS MADE TO ORDER IN IRON, TIN, COPPER, BRASS, PEWTER OR ZINC. Repairs promptly attended to, and Bell hanging neatly executed. Turn over

Physical characteristics

Technique: engraving

Medium: print

Support: pasteboard

Object: width 98mm height 67mm

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This material is not subject to restrictions under Data Protection or other relevant legislation that might limit access. However, other protections, such as donor conditions or conservation considerations, may still apply where advised.

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