(RHODE ISLAND) Group of 23 textile labels from Rhode Island

Sale 2615 - Lot 240

Price Realized: $ 688

?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price

Estimate: $ 300 - $ 400

(RHODE ISLAND.) Group of 23 textile labels from Rhode Island mills. 21 unmounted labels, various sizes up to 7 x 9 inches, plus 2 mounted on a strip of linen; condition generally strong. Various places, undated but circa 1870-1920

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Includes labels by A.&W. Sprague of Arctic, RI; Oriental Print Works of Apponaug, RI; Crompton Print Works; Steam Cotton Manufacturing Co. or Providence; Allen's Print Works of Providence (2); Philip Allen & Sons; Providence Dyeing, Bleaching, & Calendaring Company; Smithfield Manufacturing Company; S.H. Greene & Sons / Clyde Works, Riverpoint, RI; Mount Hope / Peace Dale Manufacturing Company; Pure Alpaca / Extra Finish; and 9 from B.B. & R. Knight / Fruit of the Loom. Mounted on a 36 x 13-inch strip of linen stamped for the Hope Company / Lonsdale Company are two Hope Company labels. Most of the labels are attractively illustrated and many are printed in color.