Details
Contributor Miller, Barton, associated name.
Title Bought of J. E. Caldwell & Co. Jewelers. No. 902 Chestnut St. [graphic].
Publisher [Philadelphia]
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1850
Date [printed ca. 1850]
Physical Description 1 print: lithograph; 12 x 22 cm. (4.75 x 8.75 in.)
Description Billhead containing an image of a lion, standing upright and holding a key and scale, while balanced on a ball. The jewelry store, established circa 1839 as James E. Caldwell, was reorganized as J. E. Caldwell & Co. in 1848.
Notes Contains two-cents stamp printed in brown ink and containing a portrait of George Washington. Stamp overlayed with J.E. Caldwell stamp.
Completed in manuscript to Barton Miller, Esq., Providence, R.I. on December 31, 1869 for $100 watch.
Inscribed on recto: Paid J.E. Caldwell & Co.
Manuscript note on verso: J. E. Caldwell 1869.
Printed above image: Terms invariably cash.
Date based on reorganization date of firm.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Gift of Helen Beitler and Estate of Helen Beitler.
Subject J.E. Caldwell & Co.
Jewelery stores -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Lions.
Genre Billheads -- 1840-1850.
Lithographs -- 1840-1850.
Provenance Miller, Barton, associated name.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Receipts [P.2011.10.126]
Accession number P.2011.10.126