Newly Acquired UK Billheads

Thought I would show off the two billheads I acquired from ephemerafly on ebay uk. I have had my eye on them for awhile and decided that I had to have them, so I made an offer on one which was accepted and the other was reasonable and just clicked the buy it now.

The first billhead is for Jno Schneider Skinner & Furrier Succesors to M Kleinart dated 1802. Highly graphic with banners across the top with a center crest and has two animals on both sides. Banner reads across Kleinert, Furrier of the Robes in Ordinary to his Majesty. London address. I especially love the animals on this billhead. On the scan you can see the plate press marks. Item bought was a 2 black bear tippets. A tippet is any scarf-like wrap, usually made of fur, such as the 16th century zibellino or the fur-lined capelets worn in the mid-18th century. Furrier of the Robes means that Kleinert made clothes for the King. There were two Kleinerts that were Furriers to the Robes, Tobias Kleinert in 1759, S.G. Kleinert in 1785 and JN Schneider was also a Furrier to the Robes starting in 1809. Click here for more on the Robes.

Next billhead is a blank billhead for James Rouse of Charlbury sometime in the 1800s. Rouse as a Wholesale and Retail Grocer, Tea Dealer and Tallow Chandler. Awesome left side graphic of Chinamen with cargo and a ship in the back ground. This billhead also has a large plate mark.

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Baking Powder Billheads

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