Stamping block
This block stamps the word ‘Russia’ and was part of a larger official stamp used by Customs officials at Exeter quay. Exeter had trade links with Russia, especially for export of cloth and import of hemp and flax.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 1894/2/24
- Category
- Antiquities
- Collection Class
- Social and industrial history
- Collection Area Region
- Northern Europe
- Material
- wood
- Common Name
- stamping block
- Simple Name
- stamp
- Period Classification
- George III (1760-1811)
