Walter Howes trade card

• Original object type: Artefact

Description

Pictorial 19th century engraved trade card of Walter Howes with Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom and motto 'Dieu et mon droit' flanked by a railway lamp at either side. Trader details in a variety of typefaces with decorative flourishes. Remains of previous brown paper mount and glue present on reverse.

Transcription: WALTER HOWES, PATENTEE & MANUFACTURER OF THE Improved Carriage & Railway Lamps. No 231 Sherlock Street, BIRMINGHAM.

• Date range: 1849-1858
• Date: 1853
• Collection: ["collections_typename_art_and_antique_market" not defined]
• Physical Identifier: MS 2241/4/1/125