Samuel PepysQueries

 

Image of Victorian trade card

Hackles and Gill Pins

Q Trade card of Thomas Robinson, Swinegate, Leeds - printed on card embossed by Dobbs, circa 1850s. Does anyone know what are Hand and Machine Hackles and Gill Pins?

Valerie@Quadrille

 

This regular feature invites answers by email to members’ questions on an item of ephemera.

 

Ephemera - minor transient documents of every day life