| Description | This small collection contains twenty-nine mounted tradecards for a variety of Devon firms. Most of the firms represented are clockmakers, jewellers, ironmongers, tailors, drapers and dressmakers. Cards are held for the following businesses:
George C Beyer, clockmaker and jeweller, East Street, Newton Abbot, 1853; G Knapman, whitesmith and bellhanger, Temperance Street, Torquay; Frederick Levy, wholesaler in watches, jewellery and fancy goods, 10 Windsor Place, Plymouth; A Horton, clock, lock and gunsmith, East Street, Crediton; I Lazarus, wholesale jeweller and comb and brush manufacturer, 14 High Street, Exeter; J Solomon, wholesaler in hardware, jewellery etc., 20 Whimple Street, Plymouth; J Lunetzky, watch dealer and jeweller, 1 Cowick Fields, Exeter; Aaron Levy, watchmaker and jeweller, 45 Bedford Street, Plymouth; T Norris, tailor and mercer, North Street, Ashburton; Edward Green, furrier, 223 High Street, Exeter; Gilbert and Brough, drapers, Cathedral Yard, Exeter; William Ridge, tailor, Cathedral Yard, Exeter; Mrs T Hart, milliner and dressmaker, opposite the market, Ashburton; J Geach, draper, Market Place, Ashburton; Misses Batten and Penny, milliners and dressmakers, Kingsbridge Lane, Ashburton; Henry Braund, woollen draper and hatter, 67 High Street, Exeter; R Short, tailor, 50 Park Street, Plymouth; Thomas Ferris, tailor and draper, East Street, Ashburton; T Kerslake, wire worker and weaver, 102 Fore Street, Exeter; S and W Kingdon, ironmongers, Exeter; E Amery, ironmonger, cutler and brazier, Bridge Street, Newton Abbot; John Damerel, ironmonger, 62 High Street, Exeter; Henry Parrott, ironmonger and cutler, Newton Abbot; Huxhams and Brown, founders, engineers, stove grate manufacturers, Commercial Road, Exeter; Mrs T Hext, milliner and dressmaker, North Street [? Exeter], [leaflet to advertise take-over from Mrs Saunders, formerly Miss Abbott], 1860. |
| Admin History | Exeter and Plymouth were the principal commercial centres in Devon during the nineteenth century. Newton Abbot, Torquay, Crediton and Ashburton were also market-towns large enough to offer a range of shops and services, as represented within this collection. |