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Title: Huntley Biscuit Stamper, around 1833 [Go to resource]
Description: This small hand operated biscuit stamp is mentioned in the Berkshire Chronicle account of the visit of the Japanese delegation to Reading on 25 November 1872. The account mentions George Palmer showing the visitors this machine. It is described as a 39 year old machine (dating it about 1833) which was the first piece of machinery used in the manufacture of biscuits. It was worked by hand and stamped a speciality biscuit (the Jamaica or Long Jamaica) with the name 'Huntley'. Format: image/jpeg License: http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?a=query&p=gateway&f=generic_sitetext%2ehtm&_IXFIRST_=1&_IXMAXHITS_=1&cms_con_core_subtype%3acms_con_text_what=copyright&%3acms_sys_group=%22sopse%22 Rights holder: Reading Borough Council (Reading Museum Service) Subjects: social history
tradeTemporal: start=1833-01-01; end=1833-12-31; Source: Sense of place SE Identifier: http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... Language: en-GB Format: image/jpeg Go to resource More Like this...
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