West of England fire insurance plaque
This insurance plaque is one of nine designs issued by this Insurance company. All the plaques feature King Alfred who was the emblem for the company. This one is much larger than the other plaques in the museum’s collections.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 217/2003/20
- Category
- Antiquities
- Collection Class
- Social and industrial history
- Collection Area Region
- Northern Europe
- Material
- metalcopper alloy
- Common Name
- West of England fire insurance plaque
- Simple Name
- plaque
- Period Classification
- Victorian (1837-1901)
- Production Year Low
- 1807
- Production Year High
- 1894
