Stamping block
This block stamps the words ‘East Country’ and was part of a larger official stamp. It was used by Customs officials at Exeter quay, which was an important regional centre for trade, but no records survive to show what goods it was used to mark.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 1894/2/26
- 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)
