Collection of textile hand-printing blocks, textile samples and pharmaceuticals

Made:
circa 1900-1980 in Manchester
Collection of textile hand-printing blocks, textile samples and pharmaceuticals Collection of textile hand-printing blocks, textile samples and pharmaceuticals Collection of textile hand-printing blocks, textile samples and pharmaceuticals
Collection of textile hand-printing blocks, textile samples and pharmaceuticals Collection of textile hand-printing blocks, textile samples and pharmaceuticals Collection of textile hand-printing blocks, textile samples and pharmaceuticals

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Collection of textile hand-printing blocks, fabric samples and pharmaceuticals made or used by Paterson Zochonis & Co. Ltd, Manchester.

Details

Category:
Textile Industry
Object Number:
Y1995.2
type:
collection of objects and archives
credit:
Gift of Cussons International

Parts

SMG00249049 Textile printing block. Photographed on a white background.

Textile printing block

Textile printing block

Object Number:
Y1995.2.30
type:
printing block
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Musuem
Textile Printing Block (trade mark)

Textile Printing Block (trade mark)

Textile printing block; design features a lighthouse and the words 'Superior Long Cloth'.

Materials:
copper (metal) and wood (unidentified)
Object Number:
Y1995.2.41
type:
printing block
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Musuem
Trademark printing block Trademark printing block

Trademark printing block

Trademark printing block, used to stamp cotton cloth, around 1900.

More

Manchester cotton merchants attached trademarks with colourful, detailed designs onto the cloth they sold. Textile companies employed artists to design their trademarks using pictures or words they thought would appeal to their customers. Skilled makers turned them into printing blocks by hammering thin strips of metal into the wood.

Materials:
wood (unidentified) and copper (metal)
Object Number:
Y1995.2.78
type:
printing block
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Trademark printing block Trademark printing block

Trademark printing block

Trademark printing block, used to stamp cotton cloth, around 1900.

More

Manchester cotton merchants attached trademarks with colourful, detailed designs onto the cloth they sold. Textile companies employed artists to design their trademarks using pictures or words they thought would appeal to their customers. Skilled makers turned them into printing blocks by hammering thin strips of metal into the wood.

Materials:
wood (unidentified) and copper (metal)
Object Number:
Y1995.2.81
type:
printing block
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Fabric printing block, featuring palm tree

Fabric printing block, featuring palm tree

Fabric printing block, trade mark. Features a palm tree with the words 'Alagbon' and 'Registered Trade Mark No. 145319'. Also has a piece of striped material attached to the underside, most probably used as a strap with which to handle the block.

Object Number:
Y1995.2.83
type:
hand printing block
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Musuem
Fabric printing block

Fabric printing block

Fabric printing block.

Measurements:
40 mm x 110 mm x 215 mm,
Materials:
wood and copper
Object Number:
Y1995.2.84
type:
hand printing block
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Fabric printing block

Fabric printing block

Fabric printing block.

Measurements:
55 mm x 195 mm x 284 mm,
Materials:
wood and metal
Object Number:
Y1995.2.85
type:
hand printing block
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Fabric printing block

Fabric printing block

Fabric printing block.

Measurements:
55 mm x 135 mm x 210 mm,
Materials:
wood and metal
Object Number:
Y1995.2.86
type:
hand printing block
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Trademark printint block Trademark printint block

Trademark printint block

Trademark printing block, used to stamp cotton cloth, around 1900.

More

Manchester cotton merchants attached trademarks with colourful, detailed designs onto the cloth they sold. Textile companies employed artists to design their trademarks using pictures or words they thought would appeal to their customers. Skilled makers turned them into printing blocks by hammering thin strips of metal into the wood.

Measurements:
50 mm x 213 mm x 213 mm,
Materials:
copper and wood
Object Number:
Y1995.2.87
type:
printing block
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Printing Block

Printing Block

Fabric printing block, with the surface image of four sacks containing cotton or other items, and the inscription: "PZ full weight and quality; registered trade mark no. 605107."

Materials:
wood (unidentified) and metal (unknown)
Object Number:
Y1995.2.88
type:
printing block
Trademark textile printing block Trademark textile printing block

Trademark textile printing block

Trademark textile printing block, made for Paterson Zochonis & Co. Ltd, Manchester.

Object Number:
Y1995.2.89
type:
hand printing block (trademark)
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
SMG00244599 Textile printing block bearing a Patterson Zochonis trademark

Textile printing block

Textile printing block bearing a Patterson Zochonis trademark.

Measurements:
overall: 150 mm x 160 mm x 50 mm,
Object Number:
Y1995.2.90
type:
hand printing block (trademark)
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Musuem
Sack of Salt

Sack of Salt

Sack of Salt

Object Number:
Y1995.2.92
type:
sack of salt
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Salt bag, Patterson Zochonis Salt bag, Patterson Zochonis

Salt bag

Salt bag, Patterson Zochonis.

Object Number:
Y1995.2.93
type:
bag - container
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
'Tarzan' mustard ointment No. 6 for lumbago 'Tarzan' mustard ointment No. 6 for lumbago

'Tarzan' mustard ointment No. 6 for lumbago

'Tarzan' mustard ointment No. 6 for lumbago, rheumatism, muscular aches and pains, made by Paterson, Zochonis & Co. Ltd in the 1970s.

Measurements:
Overall: 15 mm 40 mm,
Object Number:
Y1995.2.101
type:
ointment
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Packaging for Alagbon Balm for Rheumatism

Packaging for Alagbon Balm for Rheumatism

Packaging for Alagbon Balm for Rheumatism, made by Paterson, Zochonis & Co. Ltd in the 1970s. Cardboard box with integral display lid, contains ten tins, all empty.

Object Number:
Y1995.2.102
type:
packaging for alagbon balm for rheumatism
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
tablet

tablet

Box containing asprin tablets.

Manufactured by Paterson Zochonis & Co Ltd

Object Number:
Y1995.2.103
type:
tablet
tablets

tablets

Box containing a bottle of asprin tablets. Bottle has plastic stopper, with cotton wool padding visible. Box marked 'A.P.C tablets'.

Manufactured by Paterson Zochonis.

Materials:
glass , cardboard and cotton (fibre)
Object Number:
Y1995.2.104
type:
tablets
Packet of Saccharin Elephant tablets

Packet of Saccharin Elephant tablets

Packet of 100 Saccharin Elephant tablets made in England by Elephant in the 1970s for Paterson Zochonis and Co. Ltd.

Measurements:
Overall: 22 mm x 38 mm x 58 mm, 38 g
Object Number:
Y1995.2.105
type:
tablets
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
ear drops

ear drops

Bottle of Akustic earache drops; stopper and teat are separate from bottle.

Manufacturer unknown

Materials:
rubber and glass
Object Number:
Y1995.2.107
type:
ear drops
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
7P Best Cold Drawn Caster Oil in a clear labeled glass bottle with foil covered cork top

7P Best Cold Drawn Caster Oil in a clear labeled glass bottle with foil covered cork top

7P Best Cold Drawn Caster Oil in a clear labeled glass bottle with foil covered cork top. Made by Elephant specially prepared for Patterson Zochonis, 1970s.

Measurements:
Overall: 127 mm, 128 g
Materials:
metal , glass , paper and cork
Object Number:
Y1995.2.108
type:
pharmaceuticals - commercial pharmaceutical supplies
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
cough syrup

cough syrup

Bottle of honey cough syrup. No syurp in bottle.

Manufactured by Paterson Zochonis.

Materials:
glass and plastic (unidentified)
Object Number:
Y1995.2.109
type:
cough syrup
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

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