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2009/65/154
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Description
Printing block used by John Gordon & Co. maker of coffee machinery. 'Horizontal Steam Engine'.
This printing block was used by the engineering company John Gordon & Co. John Gordon & Co manufactured coffee machinery, including coffee peelers and pulpers. This wooden pattern shows a 'Horizontal Steam Engine'.
Physical description
1 printing block: metal
Archival history
MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Museum of English Rural Life) – 'Printing Blocks from the Engineering Company John Gordon. // Acquired in 1994 along with wider archives. Retrospectively accessioned in 2009.', John Gordon Printing Blocks List - '2009 / 65 / 154 / Description: Horizontal Steam Engine / Date Catalogue: / Block No.: 285 / Box No.: JG003 / Location: F4/3/6.'
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