Print block
Category
Matrices and engraving plates
Date
Unknown
Materials
Copper
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Quarry Bank, Cheshire
NT 1452970
Summary
Rectangular printing block made of beech wood, curved at one end. The design, in copper, is a sailor at the top of a mast nailing a Union Jack to it and beneath him are the words 'NAILED TO THE MAST' and the registered trade mark number. Both the picture and lettering are in reverse for printing.
Marks and inscriptions
On base: