Object number
2009/65/230
Collection
Description
Printing block used by the engineering company John Gordon & Co. maker of coffee machinery. 'Coffee Pulper for motive power size 'B''.
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, thought to be from a 1933 catalogue issue, shows the 'Coffee Pulper for motive power size 'B''. It is thought to date from the mid-twentieth century.
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 / 230 / Description: Coffee Pulper for motive power size 'B' / Date Catalogue: 1933? / Block No.: / Box No.: JG005 / Location: F4/3/6.'
Production date
1925-01-01 - 1974-12-31
Production period
Mid-twentieth century
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