Wooden printing block with etched brass plate for coffee and tea labels (Menglembu Groundnuts)

This is a wooden printing block with an etched brass plate bearing logo ‘Menglembu Groundnuts’. Woodblock printing was the predominant method used for manufacturing product labels up to late 20th century. This printing block was used for labelling coffee powder before they were distributed to ‘kopitiams’ (coffeeshops).