Trade Label on Hanks of Cotton
Paterson, Zochonnis and Company Limited.
Category
Ephemera
Date
Unknown
Materials
Twine
Measurements
7 cm (h x w x d)12 cm (h x w)
Collection
Quarry Bank, Cheshire
NT 1453052
Summary
A coloured trade label on a parcel of 24 purple hanks of cotton which have been wrapped and tied with twine. The label has the 'slipper mark' on it of Paterson Zochonnis and Co. Ltd., an inscription in Arabic and 'Trade Mark Regd. in Nigeria and Sierra Leone'. The motif of a pink slipper with two yellow striped bands from the sole meeting at a mid-point of the toe and the words 'Slipper Mark' appears in a scroll on either side of the slipper motif.
Marks and inscriptions
On label:
Makers and roles
Paterson, Zochonnis and Company Limited., trading company