The Dunmow Fitch, a printed handkerchief, the linen ground printed in rose madder with an engraving by W. Sherwin, English, mid 18th century

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The Dunmow Fitch, a printed handkerchief, the linen ground printed in rose madder with an engraving by W. Sherwin, English, mid 18th century

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Based on the engraving by Charles Moseley after David Ogborne of 1751. A flitch of bacon was awarded to the happiest married couple in the Parish of Little Dunmow, Essex.
Sold with a souvenir programme "Trial of Claimants for the Dunmow Flitch, 1951".

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