Lea & Grosvenor billhead
Description
Pictorial 19th century engraved billhead of Lea & Grosvenor backed on mount. Fireplace with glass, vase and bowl on mantlepiece depicted to left of card, surrounded by various metalware items including companion set, kettle, bell, saw and pan. Vignette of farm labourers unwinding rope at top of card. Trader details in a variety of typefaces with decorative flourishes. Transcription: BOT. [BOUGHT] OF LEA & GROSVENOR, General Furnishing Ironmongers, Braziers, Copper & Tin Plate Workers, Bell Hangers &c. ROPE, TWINE & NAIL MANUFACTURERS. DEALERS IN Glass, English & Foreign Bar Iron, Oils, Paints Colours &c. Market Place, Hanley. Smith & Greaves fc [sc] Birmingham.
Lea & Grosvenor billhead - image 1
Pictorial 19th century engraved billhead of Lea & Grosvenor backed on mount. Fireplace with glass, vase and bowl on mantlepiece depicted to left of card, surrounded by various metalware items including companion set, kettle, bell, saw and pan. Vignette of farm labourers unwinding rope at top of card. Trader details in a variety of typefaces with decorative flourishes. Transcription: BOT. [BOUGHT] OF LEA & GROSVENOR, General Furnishing Ironmongers, Braziers, Copper & Tin Plate Workers, Bell Hangers &c. ROPE, TWINE & NAIL MANUFACTURERS. DEALERS IN Glass, English & Foreign Bar Iron, Oils, Paints Colours &c. Market Place, Hanley. Smith & Greaves fc [sc] Birmingham.
Lea & Grosvenor billhead - image 2
Pictorial 19th century engraved billhead of Lea & Grosvenor backed on mount. Fireplace with glass, vase and bowl on mantlepiece depicted to left of card, surrounded by various metalware items including companion set, kettle, bell, saw and pan. Vignette of farm labourers unwinding rope at top of card. Trader details in a variety of typefaces with decorative flourishes. Transcription: BOT. [BOUGHT] OF LEA & GROSVENOR, General Furnishing Ironmongers, Braziers, Copper & Tin Plate Workers, Bell Hangers &c. ROPE, TWINE & NAIL MANUFACTURERS. DEALERS IN Glass, English & Foreign Bar Iron, Oils, Paints Colours &c. Market Place, Hanley. Smith & Greaves fc [sc] Birmingham.
Metadata
| Identifier | pq487hyj |
| IRN | 721521 |
| Class Mark | MS 2241/4/3/210 |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/pq487hyj |
| Collection(s) | Art and Antique Market, John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History |
| Category | Archive |
| Technique | engraving |
| Medium | |
| Support | paper |
| Object | width 190mm height 68mm |
| Parent Record | Furniture Trade Cards, Billheads and Miscellaneous Ephemera |
| Creator(s) | Lea & Grosvenor, Smith & Greaves |
| Date | c.1830 |
| Size and Medium | 1 billhead |