Tillet block
- Description
- Tillet blocks were used to stamp the outer wrapping of bales of cloth before they were exported from Exeter. The blocks feature different designs, each probably representing a different manufacturer. This design features a tree and a head.
- Accession Loan No.
- 1895/12/100
- Collection Class
- Social and industrial history
- Common Name
- tillet block
- Simple Name
- stamp
- Full Name
- tillet block, tree, cartouche and head
- Dimensions
- whole length 180 mm; whole W 150 mm; whole TH 25 mm
- Period Classification
- Georgian (1714-1837)
- Family Group
- Material
- wood
- Collection Town
- Exeter
- Collection County
- Devon
- Collection Country
- United Kingdom: England
- Collection Area Region
- Northern Europe
- Collection Continent
- Europe
