Billed to B. Shaw & Sons of Huddersfield for a nett consignment of cut horehound, dated 22 July 1910 and receipted 5 August with a penny red revenue stamp. The ribboned banner lettering and floral motifs look like Edwardian trade engraving, listing the firm as “Drug Merchants, Manufacturing Chemists, Growers & Importers of Herbs, Roots, Barks &c.,” with London and Manchester addresses.
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Design Archive Feature, Designer Profiles, Members Only Content, Regional Histories
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Advertising Design, Design Archive Feature, Illustration
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Design Archive Feature, Members Only Content, Poster Design, Regional Histories, Studios & Collectives
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