Record ID: PUBLIC-EC377E
Object type: STAMP
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near complete copper alloy bank managers stamp for the Stamford and Spalding Banking Company from the 1830's. The handle is missing and the handle tang is slightly bent. In reversed scrolled script it reads in three lines "For the Stamford & Spalding / Banking Compy / Manager______________"
Created on: Monday 24th January 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 26th January 2022
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Record ID: PUBLIC-90F599
Object type: STAMP
Broad period: MODERN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Eleven Modern lead alloy (hot metal) lower case letters from 'Doves type' dating from AD 1900-1917. The lower-case letters present are ‘a, f, i, t and v’ and upper-case letter ‘L’. All letters are made of type-metal (hot metal) and were produced in only one size: ‘two-line Brevier’ (equivalent to 16 pt). The type was commissioned by T.J. Cobden-Sanderson in 1899 to print books at the Doves Bindery in Hammersmith, London. Edward Prince cut the punches and struck the matrices for the Doves type. Both the punches and matrices are one-off masters of each character. Dim…
Created on: Monday 9th November 2020
Last updated: Thursday 19th November 2020
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