Picked this old stub-tail up for almost nothing in a 2nd hand shop yesterday, to see if I could give it a bit of love. And was wondering if anybody knew anything about the maker...
It looks to say either 'Magents' or possibly 'Magenis', and then '195 Boro' underneath.
The latter I assume is an address; Boro is an old abbreviation of Borough, which is an area in SE London near The City. It's one of the older parts of town, where Shakespeare's Globe is for example. And what is now Borough High Street is one of the oldest commercial roads in London with inns mentioned in Chaucer &c. That's what I'm guessing that part means, but anyone know anything about Magents...?
Ta!
It looks to say either 'Magents' or possibly 'Magenis', and then '195 Boro' underneath.
The latter I assume is an address; Boro is an old abbreviation of Borough, which is an area in SE London near The City. It's one of the older parts of town, where Shakespeare's Globe is for example. And what is now Borough High Street is one of the oldest commercial roads in London with inns mentioned in Chaucer &c. That's what I'm guessing that part means, but anyone know anything about Magents...?
Ta!