Title
Wooden printing block with etched brass plate for coffee and tea labels (Menglembu Groundnuts)
Year/Period
Late 20th century
Region
Singapore and Malaysia
Material
Brass, wood
Dimension
Object size: H15.5 x W15.4 x Thickness 2.5
Accession No.
2006-01622
Collection of
NLB Type
Cultural artefact
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).
