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Wookey Hole & Other British   Antique, Vintage & Contemporary Handmade & Mould made Papers For Watercolor , Drawing , writing & Print Shown for historical interest not for sale

 

A partial watermark of "Fellows 1828" John Fellows, hand-made wove paper, made at Eynsford Mill, on the River Darent, in north Kent, England (thank you to Steve Hill - watermark directory) The paper is a fine wove paper found in an early catalogue of Watercolour materials by Reeves & Sons.

WOOKIE HOLE Papers. Paper making at Wookie Hole, somerset was made from 1610 The W.S. Hodgkinson & Company Mill Was the last in Wookie Hole The Watermarks herre shows as Hodgkinson & Co. & WSH   Full watermarks above for this paper Below ios a closeup of the lion device.

WOOKIE HOLE:

Severendale Mill:     This is a composite photo of a watermark from a blank ledger book- Bleow.   Severendale England was a famous Paper Making Village in Victorian times. The book is for sale in our

 

D& R PAPER with 1804 watermark & countermark Probable Maker:   Only reference found for D & R of this period is (John) Dusautoy and (James) Rump of a small hand-made mill (3 vats) at Lyng, near East Dereham, Norfolk, England. .- Our thanks to Steve Hill paper historian. This is from a bound multi page booklet       This water mark is a combined photo of two sides of a center sheet showing a Britiania device (countermark)

The New Royal Watercolour Society Paper:     John Purcell Paper created this new paper to the specifications of The Royal Watercolour Society A contemporary paper Embossed R.W.S. And Watermarked 140 Pound Cold (not hot) pressed Imperial size: 22x30 approximately Linen content Gelatin Sized Deckle edge Mould Made in England Below pack label

These papers are not for sale and are shown for historical interest.

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