2009/65/178

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, from p.19 of the c.1895 issue, shows the 'Paddy Pounding Machine'. It dates from the late-nineteenth century.

1 printing block: metal

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 / 178 / Description: Paddy Pounding Machine / Date Catalogue: c.1895, p.19 / Block No.: / Box No.: JG004 / Location: Typo.'