Spear

Frederick Augustus operated from 68 Old Town St, Plymouth between 1912 and 1937 or later. He appears to be yet another company only known from a copper printing plate for his labels.

For those who may be wondering, the printing plates shown in this CD were all part of a hoard of 1200 such printing plates recovered from a disused printing works in Yorkshire. The author was lucky enough to be able to obtain all the examples from Devon & Cornwall, a sum total of nine plates and they are an incredibly rare survival when viewed in the context of scrap metal values to demolition contractors.

Copper printing plate for FA Spear’s labels

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