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T. Ellison trade card

Archive Item: MS 2241/4/3/146 Contains digital media

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Type of record: Archive

Title: T. Ellison trade card

Level: Item

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

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