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Interesting trade sample card from Hounsells of Bridport UK, makers of Italian hemp salmon twine for the Canadian market.
On thick cardboard, with places for 12 samples of twine, going from thinner to thicker, left to right.
HOUNSELLS (BRIDPORT) LIMITED BRIDPORT, ENGLAND
Pioneers of fishing twine, lines and nets for the Canadian market
SUPERIOR ITALIAN HEMP SALMON TWINES
REGISTERED TRADE MARK A. DOLPHIN
6 samples of twine.
Pencil marks on front and back.
4 ⅞ x 8 ¼"
During the nineteenth century, net and twine manufacturing was well established in Bridport. In 1858, for instance, there were 14 distinct firms manufacturing nets, cordage and canvas, and in 1900 there were 15, five firms having dropped out to be replaced by six new ones. Between 1910 and 1914 Wm. Hounsell and Co Ltd, Herbert Hounsell and Co Ltd, Ewens and Turner and Richard Tucker and Sons were amalgamated into a new company: Hounsells (Bridport) Ltd.
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/49c780ea-ff50-40da-8e31-ac10fbf963a2
