Benjamin Marsh trade card (advertisement)
Description
Pictorial 19th century engraved trade card (advertisement) of Benjamin Marsh depicting various metalware items (clockwise from top) decorative ornament, thermometer, candle stick with hanging glass, inkstand and incese burner. Trader details in a variety of typefaces with decorative flourishes. Print marks visible, with large border around print area. Manuscript note in pencil on reverse '(From Wrightson & Webb's Directory of Birmingham, 1833)'. Transcription: BENJN [BENJAMIN]. MARSH, Manufacturer of Candlesticks, Lustres, Candelabra, Inkstands, Vases, Incense Burners, Thermometers & other Ornamental Work in Bronze & Ormolu. 83, Coleshill Street, BIRMINGHAM, 31, Bartletts Building, Holborn, LONDON. C. Marsh Sct. Oxford St, Birmingham.
Benjamin Marsh trade card (advertisement) - image 1
Pictorial 19th century engraved trade card (advertisement) of Benjamin Marsh depicting various metalware items (clockwise from top) decorative ornament, thermometer, candle stick with hanging glass, inkstand and incese burner. Trader details in a variety of typefaces with decorative flourishes. Print marks visible, with large border around print area. Manuscript note in pencil on reverse '(From Wrightson & Webb's Directory of Birmingham, 1833)'. Transcription: BENJN [BENJAMIN]. MARSH, Manufacturer of Candlesticks, Lustres, Candelabra, Inkstands, Vases, Incense Burners, Thermometers & other Ornamental Work in Bronze & Ormolu. 83, Coleshill Street, BIRMINGHAM, 31, Bartletts Building, Holborn, LONDON. C. Marsh Sct. Oxford St, Birmingham.
Benjamin Marsh trade card (advertisement) - image 2
Pictorial 19th century engraved trade card (advertisement) of Benjamin Marsh depicting various metalware items (clockwise from top) decorative ornament, thermometer, candle stick with hanging glass, inkstand and incese burner. Trader details in a variety of typefaces with decorative flourishes. Print marks visible, with large border around print area. Manuscript note in pencil on reverse '(From Wrightson & Webb's Directory of Birmingham, 1833)'. Transcription: BENJN [BENJAMIN]. MARSH, Manufacturer of Candlesticks, Lustres, Candelabra, Inkstands, Vases, Incense Burners, Thermometers & other Ornamental Work in Bronze & Ormolu. 83, Coleshill Street, BIRMINGHAM, 31, Bartletts Building, Holborn, LONDON. C. Marsh Sct. Oxford St, Birmingham.
Metadata
| Identifier | n3fzc4s8 |
| IRN | 718633 |
| Class Mark | MS 2241/4/1/193 |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/n3fzc4s8 |
| Collection(s) | Art and Antique Market, John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History |
| Category | Archive |
| Technique | engraving |
| Medium | |
| Support | paper |
| Object | width 210mm height 130mm |
| Parent Record | Metalwork and Continental Trade Cards |
| Creator(s) | Benjamin Marsh, C. Marsh |
| Date | 1833 |
| Size and Medium | 1 trade card (advertisement) |