R MALT, Spalding – watchpaper
Rare uncut example, circa 1850, in lovely condition.
£45.00
Pictorial image including references to the sea, the countryside, and to an industrious intent – the bee hive. On green paper, as printed, but never cut down and used. 3 x 2.5 inches (7.5 x 6 cm).
Robert Malt, advertising that “Clocks & Watches on Various Constructions” are available. He is recorded as working in Spalding, Lincolnshire in the middle of the 19th century. See also the collection of fifty different Lincolnshire papers on my website, this example by Malt not included.
For more information on this fascinating subject see my illustrated article on ‘Watchpapers’ in the April 2001 issue of Antique Collecting and my British Museum ‘Dingwall-Beloe’ lecture on the importance of ephemera in general. This was published in three parts in Antiquarian Horology, December 2006, March and June 2007.
Some signs of age, with a small crease and what looks to be a pin hole at the edge, otherwise the central image crisp and clear. NB: Such unused examples are rarely encountered outside specialist ephemera dealers, and usually bring three-figure prices.
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Description
Pictorial image including references to the sea, the countryside, and to an industrious intent – the bee hive. On green paper, as printed, but never cut down and used. 3 x 2.5 inches (7.5 x 6 cm).
Robert Malt, advertising that “Clocks & Watches on Various Constructions” are available. He is recorded as working in Spalding, Lincolnshire in the middle of the 19th century. See also the collection of fifty different Lincolnshire papers on my website, this example by Malt not included.
For more information on this fascinating subject see my illustrated article on ‘Watchpapers’ in the April 2001 issue of Antique Collecting and my British Museum ‘Dingwall-Beloe’ lecture on the importance of ephemera in general. This was published in three parts in Antiquarian Horology, December 2006, March and June 2007.
Some signs of age, with a small crease and what looks to be a pin hole at the edge, otherwise the central image crisp and clear. NB: Such unused examples are rarely encountered outside specialist ephemera dealers, and usually bring three-figure prices.