W. Caplin trade card

• Original object type: Artefact

Description

Embossed 19th century engraved trade card of W. Caplin [William Caplin]. Trader details in a variety of typefaces with decorative flourishes.

Transcription: W. CAPLIN, Hair, Wool & Straw Mattrefs [Mattress] Maker. Aylward St, Portsea. Dealer in Feathers, Horse Hair, Wool & Flocks, Linen & Cotton, Ticks, Bindings, &c. FEATHERS WELL PREPARED. Old Mattresses Re-made up, Hair & Wool Carded, Upholsterers Work in General. The trade supplied Wholesale and Retail.

• Date range: c.1840
• Date: 1840
• Collection: ["collections_typename_art_and_antique_market" not defined]
• Physical Identifier: MS 2241/4/2/29