British, Irish and World Banknotes

Nottingham, a superbly engraved note advertising the services of the hairdressing establishment of J. Etches, denominated £1, ND (c.1825), serial number F1297, manuscript signature of J. Etches and with the additional text ‘Warser Gate’, the location of his premises, very fine, an unusually high quality engraving for the period, attractive and rare
Outing unlisted £200-£260

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Sir David Kirch Collection of Skit Notes.

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Jeffrey Etches was born in Nottingham in 1793. He first appears in the Nottingham Directory as a hairdresser in 1825. He sold his premises on Warser Gate in 1844 and died in 1849. Hairdressers and Barbers of this era often operated as informal agents for servants and employers, hence the text on this note ‘Register Office for Servants’.