William Plowman trade card (advertisement)
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
Metadata
Identifier | j26c3q6m |
IRN | 718575 |
Class Mark | MS 2241/4/1/135 |
Level | Item |
Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/j26c3q6m |
Collection(s) | Art and Antique Market, John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History |
Category | Archive |
Technique | engraving |
Medium | |
Support | embossed card |
Object | width 150mm height 110mm |
Parent Record | Metalwork and Continental Trade Cards |
Creator(s) | William Plowman, Beilby & Knotts |
Date | c.1840 |
Size and Medium | 1 trade card (advertisement) |