MEREM:1997.48
Brief description: photocopy, an engraving by W Barnes of a trade card for Charles Card, shopkeeper of Mere, Wiltshire, c1825 Classifications: trade / draper / trade / grocer Identifications: trade card / Place: Mere Wiltshire Measurements: height 21cm Material: paper
MEREM:1997.44
Brief description: matchbox, labelled and carrying a picture of ‘Waltons’ of Mere, Wiltshire, The Town Store in the Country, Tel 255, Mere, Wilthsire Classifications: trade Identifications: matchbox / Measurements: height Material: paper / card
MEREM:1997.46
Brief description: brochure, J Walton and Co Ltd, ‘A West Country Shopping Centre’, Mere, Wiltshire, c1950? Classifications: trade Identifications: brochure / Measurements: height 9cm Material: paper / card
MEREM:1997.32
Brief description: part large brown paper bag, John Walton and Co Ltd, Mere, with picture of Stourton [Alfred’s] Tower, Mere, Wiltshire Classifications: trade Identifications: paper bag / Measurements: height 46cm Material: paper
MEREM:1997.33
Brief description: tailor shears, used by tailor employed by John Walton and Co, The Square, Mere, Wiltshire Classifications: trade / tailor Identifications: shears / tailor shears Measurements: height Material: metal
MEREM:1997.17
Brief description: branding iron [slight rust] initials R J D [Reginald J Boddington], plumber working in Mere from about 1925-1955 Classifications: trade / plumber Identifications: branding iron Measurements: width 5cm Material: iron Additional images: Click the images to view larger image
MEREM:1997.18
Brief description: iron ladle for molton lead, [large size] used by R J Doddington, former plumber of Mere, Wiltshire Classifications: trade / plumber Identifications: ladle Measurements: width 11.5cm Material: iron
MEREM:1997.19
Brief description: iron ladle for molton lead, [small size] used by R J Doddington, former plumber of Mere, Wiltshire Classifications: trade / plumber Identifications: ladle Measurements: width 8cm Material: iron
MEREM:1997.20
Brief description: lump of lead, [broken 1/2 sphere], found with plumber’s tools formerly belonging to R J Doddington, Mere, Wiltshire Classifications: trade / plumber Identifications: lead Measurements: diameter 11cm Material: metal / lead
MEREM:1997.21
Brief description: wooden, lead beaters ‘Shaping Shoe’, flat surface, curving up to handle, slight crack, Mere, Wiltshire Classifications: trade / plumber Identifications: shaping shoe Material: wood