Printed Ephemera — 1845-1870
Tinsel ornament
Scraps of metal foil used for punching out tinsel ornaments. The sheets are in various metallic colours including gold, silver, pink, blue and red. Some have a textured finish. Many have the outline of a shape which has been punched out from the sheet representing e.g. shoes, crowns, dress accessories. Several of the sheets are perforated throughout with small circular punch holes. The gold coloured sheets contain copper, iron and zinc, while coloured samples contain silver, tin and iron.
- Category:
- Printed Ephemera
- Object ID:
- 99.132/990u
- Object name:
- tinsel ornament
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- —
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- Production date:
- 1845-1870
- Material:
paper
- Measurements/duration:
- H 60 mm, W 59 mm
- Part of:
- —
- On display:
- —
- Record quality:
- 40%
- Part of this object:
- —
- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
digital image © London Museum
- Image credit:
- —
- Creative commons usage:
- CC BY-NC 4.0
- License this image:
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