Printing Block
W. H. Bird
Category
Matrices and engraving plates
Date
Unknown
Materials
Copper, Wood
Measurements
13.5 cm (Width) x 2 cm (Depth); 13.5 cm (Length)
Place of origin
Manchester
Order this imageCollection
Quarry Bank, Cheshire
NT 1452155
Summary
Textile finishing printing block made by W.H. BIRD of MANCHESTER. The motif is made of two separate copper plates, one an inner circle the other an outer ring. The motif is the Greg emblem of arm holding a curved sword surrounded by the words 'Quarry Bank Mills' 'R.G. and Co.,' in the centre of a sixteen point star motif.
Marks and inscriptions
On reverse side:
Makers and roles
W. H. Bird, manufacturer