T. Ellison trade card
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Type of record: Archive
Title: T. Ellison trade card
Classmark: MS 2241/4/3/146
Creator(s): Thomas Ellison; W. Hall
Site Location(s): Based in - Norwich, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom( 52.6278, 1.29834 )
Date(s): c.1850
Size and medium: 1 trade card
Manifest: https://iiif.library.leeds.ac.uk/presentation/cc/znk14pf2
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/721457
Collection group(s): Art and Antique Market | John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History
Description
Pictorial 19th century engraved trade card of T. Ellison [Thomas Ellison] depicting barometer, thermometer and curtain pole. Trader details in a variety of typefaces with decorative flourishes. Extensive list of wares on reverse with manuscript pencil note '521/502'.
Transcription of obverse: T. ELLISON, Barometer & Thermometer Maker, AND FANCY TURNER, Dove Street, Market Place, NORWICH. Cornice Poles, Curtain Rings, Drawer Knobs, Rulers & all kinds of Turned Goods kept for Sale. Country Orders executed with dispatch on the most reasonable terms wholsesale & retail. W. HALL. SC. NORWICH.
Transcription of reverse: Highly Perfumed Lavender Water; A large assortment of Tooth, Nail, and Hair Brushes; stalized [sic] Vegetable Cream for the Hair; Spices, Pickles, and Fish Sauces. An elegant variety of Smelling Bottles; Genuine Patent Medicines; Chemical Polishing Paste and Plate Powder; Brown Windsor, Honey, and Parisian Soaps; Soda Water, Lemonade, and Gingerade; Horse and Cattle Medicines; Medicated Lozenges of all kinds; Genuine Eau de Cologne;
Physical characteristics
Technique: engraving
Medium: print
Support: pasteboard
Object: width 113mm height 75mm
Access and usage
Access
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