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70/261/1-22
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
This is a set of rubber stamps which came with some printing blocks. There are 21 in the box. The larger stamps are inscribed ‘The Rubber Stamp Co. Broad St. Birmingham'
[nb-NO]Archival history[nb-NO]
MERL Miscellaneous note, Greta Bertram, 10 March 2014 – The Reeves Collection was donated by R. & J. Reeves and Son Ltd. of Bratton Iron Works near Westbury, Wiltshire. The firm, which manufactured agricultural machinery, was well-established by 1849, and went into final receivership in 1970, when the Collection was donated to MERL. Bratton Iron Works was demolished in 1973. A detailed list of all of the objects in the Collection can be found in the accession file for 70/235. Records relating to the firm can be found in the MERL Archives, reference TR REE., MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Institute of Agricultural History) – ‘ Rubber stamps // Industries // Reeves // Description: A set of rubber stamps which came with the printing blocks. There are 21 in the box. Inscription: on larger ones. ‘The Rubber Stamp Co. Broad St. Birmingham' // part of the Reeves collection’
[nb-NO]Production place[nb-NO]
Birmingham
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