Printing block, ironmonger
- Description
- 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.
- Accession Loan No.
- 285/1980/16
- Collection Class
- Social and industrial history
- Common Name
- printing block, ironmonger
- Simple Name
- block
- Full Name
- printing block
- Period Classification
- Victorian (1837-1901)
- Family Group
- Material
- wood; metal
- Collection Site Name
- 161 Sidwell Street
- Collection Town
- Exeter
- Collection County
- Devon
- Collection Country
- United Kingdom: England
- Collection Area Region
- Northern Europe
- Collection Continent
- Europe
