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Copper Printing Plates and Printed Samples for Elliott Brothers Compass Cards, Late 1890s

Inventory Number 11830


Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by the Marconi Corporation in 2003. Elliott Collection 1051 (kept with the Elliott Archive).
Physical material
Wood
Glass
Card
Paper
Copper
Object type
Electronic instrument
Dimensions
Height: 17.75inches Width: 12.75inches
Inventory No
11830
Accession Number
2003-11

Description

Framed ensemble relating to Elliott Brothers compass cards, consisting of the following items attached to a card mount, framed and glazed: compass card and paper pull from the copperplate bottom right, just under 2½-inch diameter (top row); compass card and paper pull from a different plate, 3-inch diameter (middle row); copperplate for compass card, 4½-inch square, scale 2½-inch diameter (bottom left); copperplate for compass card, 3-inch square, scale just under 2½-inch diameter (bottom right; see top row); they bear the name Elliott Bros, and one the address 101 St Martin's Lane [used from about 1896 to 1902].