William Plowman trade card (advertisement)
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Type of record: Archive
Title: William Plowman trade card (advertisement)
Classmark: MS 2241/4/1/135
Site Location(s): Based in - Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom( 51.7522, -1.25596 )
Date(s): c.1840
Size and medium: 1 trade card (advertisement)
Manifest: https://iiif.library.leeds.ac.uk/presentation/cc/j26c3q6m
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/718575
Collection group(s): Art and Antique Market | John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History
Description
Elaborate 19th century engraved trade card of William Plowman with large embossed border and illustrations (clockwise from top left) of range, two lamps, stove, man mixing paint, man turning metal, metal gate, fence and two men working over anvil. Trader details in a variety of typefaces with decorative flourishes.
Transcription: WM [WILLIAM] PLOWMAN. General & Furnishing Ironmonger, SMITH, BRAZIER,TINMAN, BRUSH Factor, Oil & Colour Merchant. LOCKSMITH & BELLHANGER. High St[reet] Near Magdalen College, OXFORD. Table Knives And Fine Warranted Cutlery. Hip, Slipper, Shower & Hot Air Baths to be Sold or Let on Hire. Improv'd Kitchen & Back Boiler Rangers, Steam Cooking Apparatus, Smoke & Wind up Jacks. Every description of Bronz'd & Plated Goods, Table Lamps &c. Genuine Sperm & other Oils. REGISTER, Eliptic, Rumford, SHOP & OTHER STOVES. Dealer in Bar, Rod & Hoop Iron. Genuine ground white Lead & Ready Mix'd Paints. Fancy Iron Work of every description for Parks & Pleasure Grounds. All kinds of Kitchen Furn[nishings] in Copper, Iron & Tin. BEILBY & KNOTTS
Physical characteristics
Technique: engraving
Medium: print
Support: embossed card
Object: width 150mm height 110mm
Access and usage
Access
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