Printing block, ironmonger
This is one of twenty wooden printing blocks containing metal images of scientific or engineering equipment. They were donated to the museum in 1928 by J Damerel who owned an ironmongers shop at 161 Sidwell Street in Exeter. It is likely they were used for printing catalogues of equipment for sale in his shop.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 285/1980/1
- Category
- Antiquities
- Collection Class
- Social and industrial history
- Collection Area Region
- Northern Europe
- Material
- woodmetal
- Common Name
- printing block, ironmonger
- Simple Name
- block
- Period Classification
- Victorian (1837-1901)
