Baker & Co. trade card
Description
Elaborate late 18th century engraved trade card of Baker & Co. on mount, with Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom and motto 'Dieu et mon droit' at top of card. Crests of Prince of Wales and Duke of York at either side. Trader details in a variety of typefaces with decorative flourishes within ornamental floral framework. Manuscript note in pencil '1798'. Transcription: VENETIAN BLINDS & PLATE GLASS FOR CARRIAGES. BAKER & CO. TRUNK & PLATE CASE MAKERS, To their Majesties, and their Royal Highnefses [Highnesses] the PRINCE of WALES & DUKE of YORK. No 117 Long Acre, London. Make light Imperials & Strong Leather Travelling Trunks for Carriages. Hat & Cap Boxes, Campaign Trunks, Camp Cases & Tea Equipages. Cases for Plate & Guns, Portmanteaus, Vallees [Valises], Travelling Hat Cases, Solid Leather Trunks & Fire Bucketts [Buckets], Packing Trunks. Wholefale [Wholesale], Retail & for Exportation By his MAJESTY'S Royal Letters Patent, Chain Belts, made to prevent Trunks from being cut off Carriages.
Baker & Co. trade card - image 1
Elaborate late 18th century engraved trade card of Baker & Co. on mount, with Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom and motto 'Dieu et mon droit' at top of card. Crests of Prince of Wales and Duke of York at either side. Trader details in a variety of typefaces with decorative flourishes within ornamental floral framework. Manuscript note in pencil '1798'. Transcription: VENETIAN BLINDS & PLATE GLASS FOR CARRIAGES. BAKER & CO. TRUNK & PLATE CASE MAKERS, To their Majesties, and their Royal Highnefses [Highnesses] the PRINCE of WALES & DUKE of YORK. No 117 Long Acre, London. Make light Imperials & Strong Leather Travelling Trunks for Carriages. Hat & Cap Boxes, Campaign Trunks, Camp Cases & Tea Equipages. Cases for Plate & Guns, Portmanteaus, Vallees [Valises], Travelling Hat Cases, Solid Leather Trunks & Fire Bucketts [Buckets], Packing Trunks. Wholefale [Wholesale], Retail & for Exportation By his MAJESTY'S Royal Letters Patent, Chain Belts, made to prevent Trunks from being cut off Carriages.
Baker & Co. trade card - image 2
Elaborate late 18th century engraved trade card of Baker & Co. on mount, with Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom and motto 'Dieu et mon droit' at top of card. Crests of Prince of Wales and Duke of York at either side. Trader details in a variety of typefaces with decorative flourishes within ornamental floral framework. Manuscript note in pencil '1798'. Transcription: VENETIAN BLINDS & PLATE GLASS FOR CARRIAGES. BAKER & CO. TRUNK & PLATE CASE MAKERS, To their Majesties, and their Royal Highnefses [Highnesses] the PRINCE of WALES & DUKE of YORK. No 117 Long Acre, London. Make light Imperials & Strong Leather Travelling Trunks for Carriages. Hat & Cap Boxes, Campaign Trunks, Camp Cases & Tea Equipages. Cases for Plate & Guns, Portmanteaus, Vallees [Valises], Travelling Hat Cases, Solid Leather Trunks & Fire Bucketts [Buckets], Packing Trunks. Wholefale [Wholesale], Retail & for Exportation By his MAJESTY'S Royal Letters Patent, Chain Belts, made to prevent Trunks from being cut off Carriages.
Metadata
| Identifier | hk7ldgnt |
| IRN | 718693 |
| Class Mark | MS 2241/4/2/51 |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/hk7ldgnt |
| Collection(s) | Art and Antique Market, John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History |
| Category | Archive |
| Technique | engraving |
| Medium | |
| Support | paper |
| Object | width 160mm height 194mm |
| Parent Record | Miscellaneous Trade Cards and Ephemera |
| Creator(s) | Baker & Co. |
| Date | c.1798 |
| Size and Medium | 1 trade card |