Band
Basildon Bond
Category
Desktop & office
Date
Unknown
Materials
paper, ink, glue
Measurements
45 x 100 mm
Order this imageCollection
Mr Straw's House, Nottinghamshire
NT 742573.1
Summary
The paper shield holding five 'Basildon Bond BLUE' envelopes. The band is a strip of paper glued at the back with a royal blue block printed on the front with a gold line border and a white and gold shield at the top with 'BASILDON' written in gold on a royal blue background with a gold border. Under the shield is written 'Basildon Bond' in gold and the word 'BLUE' in gold beneath the royal blue block. The back is folded over to make the band smaller and has a handwritten '3' to the left in pencil. Printed in gold is a line border containing the words 'No.1 size Blue To match No.1 size Pad Ref. 9274/10D A John Dickinson Product Made in Great Britain'.
Provenance
Straw collection bequeathed to The National Trust on the death in 1990 of William Straw.
Marks and inscriptions
BASILDON BOND
Makers and roles
Basildon Bond, manufacturer