Patent shot ... These shot are sold wholesale; at Mr. Henry Raminger's, near the Stone Bridge, Fleet-Ditch [graphic].

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Title: Patent shot ... These shot are sold wholesale; at Mr. Henry Raminger's, near the Stone Bridge, Fleet-Ditch [graphic].
Published / Created: [between 1733 and 1769?]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Henry Raminger
Description: Title from item.
Title continues: The weight of metal is the grand rule in gunnery, and this shot excels all others as it is made of the best lead, pressed close by which means it has none of those cavities, or hollows, that are common to all other shot. The weight, roundness, and evenness, make these shot kill at a greater distance than any other, though a less quantity is required to charge the gun ... Patent shot, at 2d 1/2 the pound, or at £ 1.4s.0d the hundred, bags included. Good common shot, at 15s 9d the hundred, carriage & bags to be paid for.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
On leaf 34 of an album of trade cards and invitations.
Provenance: Purchased from E. Mathews; July 1958.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 12.5 x 16 cm
Language: English

Genre: Advertisements
Trade cards (advertising)
Ephemera
Engravings England London 1733
Material: engraving ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: text and still image
Subjects: England > London > 1733

Access: Public
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