Title
Wooden printing block with etched brass plate for coffee and tea labels
Year/Period
Late 20th century
Region
Singapore and Malaysia
Dimension
Object size: H12.4 x W12.1 x Thickness 2.5
Accession No.
2006-01621
Collection of
This is a wooden printing block with an etched brass plate bearing the ‘Leong Wan Tea Merchant’ logo. Woodblock printing was the predominant method used for manufacturing product labels up to the late 20th century. This printing block was used for labelling tea leaves before they were distributed to ‘kopitiams’ (coffee shops).
