For further information please see the introduction
Devon printed ephemera 1717-1818
and some of their watermarks.
E_EN_COR_Bodmin. Liddell, James. 1803. Printer. Particulars of the valuable and highly improveable manor of Stanton St. Gabriel Watermark: Fleur de lys + IA.
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E_EN_DEV_Exeter. [s. n.]. 1791. Printer. Cruwys pedigree. Watermark: M P [?] + Fleur de lys.
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E_EN_DEV_Exeter. Trewman, Robert and Son. 1810. Printers. Guildhall, Exeter, 13th July, 1810. At a very numerous and highly respectable meeting à Watermark: Fleur de lys 1807.
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E_EN_DEV_Exeter. Trewman, Robert and Son. 1812. Printers. Same freeholder. Northmore and parliamentary reform! Dated: Exeter, September 21st, 1812. Watermark: Fleur de lys [? unclear].
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E_EN_DEV_Exeter. Trewman, Robert. 1776. Printer. A list of the freemen and freeholders who voted at the election for a representative in Parliament for the city of Exeter, in the room of John Walter, Esquire, John Baring and John Burridge Cholwich, Esquires, candidates. Watermark: Strasbourg lily with P [below] A VL [?] + [unclear].
 The watermark on this sheet is similar to that used by Piet van der Ley who operated the De Bonsem and De Wever mills in Koog aan de Zaan in Holland from 1674. The countermark is used by Jean Villedary, a name borne by several generations of a family who operated mills at Vraichamp, Beauvais and La Couronne near Angoulême from 1668 to 1758 The VL mark was appropriated by many makers including some in England, as a mark of quality, and this may be what Villedary did. The Villedary family had many links with Holland and in 1758 moved to Hattem in Guelderland, where they continued to make paper. This version of the watermark could well date from after the family's move to Holland. (Information from Peter Bower). |   |
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