Description
They are too numerous to list but include watchmakers from many Lincolnshire towns: Lincoln, Boston, Market Rasen, Alford, Stamford, Spalding, Epworth, Horncastle, Grantham, Long Sutton, etc.
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.
All used, some with small edge chips and loses, but all readable. An instant county collection of some merit that must rate as one of the largest known, and one that would look good displayed in a local museum or other venue.