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Printing-Block
Woodblock

Object number

LDSAL2022.1.749

Production date

19th century

Material

wood
paper

Technique

Carving
Wood Engraving (Process)

Dimensions

height: 35mm
width: 19mm
depth: 24mm

Location

Burlington House -

Inscriptions

Inscription content

Antiq
Ph.[?]

Inscriber role/association

Publication reference

References

Reference details

pp. 172-178

Reference (free text)

Thursday, June 19th, 1851, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of London, Volume 2 (1st series): Issue 28, 1853.

Reference association

illustrated

Reference note

Image printed on p. 174.
    Rectangular wooden printing block showing:- Obverse: carved and engraved design depicting notarial mark from a fifteenth century legal document from Wymondham, Norfolk; showing crowned initials inside a shield shape, above a pedestal divided into two layers, with an inscription on the bottom, illegible. Ink residue remaining on surface. Reverse: printer's waste paper attached to surface.
    Digitised thanks to the kind donation of Dr Edward Harris MBE FSA.