Exton trade card
Description
Pictorial 19th century engraved trade card of Exton [Barnabas Exton] depicting King Alfred with cape, sceptre and shield of dragon. Trader details in a variety of typefaces with decorative flourishes. Remains of previous brown paper mount and glue present on reverse. Transcription: EXTON, ENGRAVER, Carver and Gilder, Looking Glass & Picture Frame Maker, NEWPORT. Elegant Chimney Glafses [Glasses] &c.OF THE NEWEST LONDON PATTERNS. Agent to the WEST OF ENGLAND FIRE & LIFE Insurance Company. EXETER Instituted 1807. CAPITAL £600,000 STERG [STERLING]. Property Insured of any amount at 2 s/ pr Cent [percent] Premium.
Exton trade card - image 1
Pictorial 19th century engraved trade card of Exton [Barnabas Exton] depicting King Alfred with cape, sceptre and shield of dragon. Trader details in a variety of typefaces with decorative flourishes. Remains of previous brown paper mount and glue present on reverse. Transcription: EXTON, ENGRAVER, Carver and Gilder, Looking Glass & Picture Frame Maker, NEWPORT. Elegant Chimney Glafses [Glasses] &c.OF THE NEWEST LONDON PATTERNS. Agent to the WEST OF ENGLAND FIRE & LIFE Insurance Company. EXETER Instituted 1807. CAPITAL £600,000 STERG [STERLING]. Property Insured of any amount at 2 s/ pr Cent [percent] Premium.
Exton trade card - image 2
Pictorial 19th century engraved trade card of Exton [Barnabas Exton] depicting King Alfred with cape, sceptre and shield of dragon. Trader details in a variety of typefaces with decorative flourishes. Remains of previous brown paper mount and glue present on reverse. Transcription: EXTON, ENGRAVER, Carver and Gilder, Looking Glass & Picture Frame Maker, NEWPORT. Elegant Chimney Glafses [Glasses] &c.OF THE NEWEST LONDON PATTERNS. Agent to the WEST OF ENGLAND FIRE & LIFE Insurance Company. EXETER Instituted 1807. CAPITAL £600,000 STERG [STERLING]. Property Insured of any amount at 2 s/ pr Cent [percent] Premium.
Metadata
| Identifier | xc47hxcn |
| IRN | 721495 |
| Class Mark | MS 2241/4/3/184 |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/xc47hxcn |
| Collection(s) | Art and Antique Market, John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History |
| Category | Archive |
| Technique | engraving |
| Medium | |
| Support | pasteboard |
| Object | width 80mm height 120mm |
| Parent Record | Furniture Trade Cards, Billheads and Miscellaneous Ephemera |
| Creator(s) | Barnabas Exton |
| Date | c.1830 |
| Size and Medium | 1 trade card |