Catalogue Number: 4125 Post box for spectacles for F A Bateman Ltd Category: Memorabilia and ephemera Practice/Business: F A Bateman Ltd Year Of Publication/Manufacture: c1950 Time Period: 1940 to 1999 Place Of Publication/Manufacture: United Kingdom Description Of Item: Post box, 148 x 73 x 28mm, of brown heavy card, slip-on lid, with metal reinforced corners, designed for posting spectacles. On the top is printed 'F A BATEMAN, Ltd./ CONSULTING OPTICIANS/ HASTINGS, BEXHILL, EASTBOURNE,/ ST LEONARDS, ASHFORD, FOLKESTONE,/ DOVER, DEAL, GILLINGHAM, CHATHAM,/ AND SITTINGBOURNE.' Inside base is printed 'REPAIRS neatly executed and returned in most cases the same day as received. All repairs should be packed in this box, without the case, and sent to the branch from which they were purchased.' How Acquired: Donated by Pamela R Sutton Date Acquired: Jan 2022 Condition: Good but some stains Location: Archive room. West wall. Unit 2 Drawer 2 |