John Rigby & Son trade card
Description
Simple 19th century engraved trade card of John Rigby & Son. Trader details in a variety of typefaces with decorative flourishes. List on reverse of goods manufactured and dealt. Transcription of obverse: JOHN RIGBY & SON. FURNISHING IRONMONGERS AND GAS CHANDELIER MANUFACTURERS. 15, PICADILLY, MANCHESTER. ELECTRO PLATE, FENDERS &c, PLUMBERS, WATER FITTERS. Brass Founders & Authorized Gas Fitters. Dealers in Iron Pipe, Brass & Copper Tubes, &c. Transcription of reverse: MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN Ash Pans. Baths. Brackets for Gas. Brackets for Drapers' Windows. Brass Roses for Ceilings. Bells, Call. Bronzes, French. Coal Vases and Boxes. Copper and Brass Kettles. Chandeliers for Gas. Cutlery, Sheffield, and other. Clocks. Clocks, Marble and Bronze. Electro Plated Goods. Fenders. Fire Irons. Filters for Water. Flour Bins. Glass Chandeliers and Brackets. Glass Globes for Gas. Gas Fittings, all kinds. Gas Stoves. Hall Lamps. India Rubber Tube. Iron Pipe and Fittings. Lift and Force Pumps. Lustres. Moderator Oil Lamps. Moderator Globes and Chimneys. Outside Lamps, all kinds. Plate Powders. Pillars in Iron. Pillars in Brass. Reflectors for Gas & Daylight. Sunlight for Gas. Street Lamps. Steam Gauges, Valves &c. Trunks in Tin. Trays. Tea Pots. Toilet Services. Tapers, Wax. Ventilators. Gas Fittings Re-lacquered or Re-bronzed. Fenders, &c., Re-polished. GOODS RE-ELECTROPLATED. Agents for the Patent Hydro-Carbon Light Co. 1000 feet of Gas and 9d. worth of Oil, equal in light to 3000 feet of Gas.
Metadata
Identifier | mrjg6vn3 |
IRN | 718478 |
Class Mark | MS 2241/4/1/38 |
Level | Item |
Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/mrjg6vn3 |
Collection(s) | Art and Antique Market, John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History |
Category | Archive |
Technique | engraving |
Medium | |
Support | pasteboard |
Object | width 112mm height 74mm |
Parent Record | Metalwork and Continental Trade Cards |
Creator(s) | John Rigby & Son |
Date | c.1860 |
Size and Medium | 1 trade card |