British School 1803 – Greenock Journeymen Coopers Society Certificate

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Rare, engraved certificate of the Greenock Journeymen Coopers Society; rectangular certificate with an oval shape design, sub-divided into four pictures showing different stages of barrel making. Inscribed in brown ink: No. 621, made to – Hugh Buil (Bewick?), Grocer, Greenock, 12 July 1803. Housed in a carved and gilded fruitwood frame of the period.

Certificate: 8 3/8 x 12 in. (22.8 x 30.3 cm.)
Frame: 12 1/2 x 16 1/2 in. (31.7 x 42 cm.)

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