more help please :)

[carrielovesfanta]

thanks behindthefrogs 

[yn9man]

Caz -

Wonder who taught the enumerators how to spell ... if anyone.

Looks like Mercantile and bookbinder.

yn9man

[Jason Ridge]

Top one looks like " Fancy Cabinet Maker "

 

[carrielovesfanta]

Wonder who taught the enumerators how to spell ... if anyone.

 

also - thanks to Jason

[Jason Ridge]

No problem, im probably wrong, but thats what it looks like, ive seen that before somewhere too.. the occupation "fancy cabinet maker" not sure where, but if i come across it again, ill post the writing see if it looks same 

Jay x

[carrielovesfanta]

i thought it looked like that too so no worries! - it was mostly the bottom two i was stuck on 

i like the idea of a fancy cabinet

[Jason Ridge]

Here is a passage of writing from the website posted below...



"The maker is unknown but was obviously a skilled cabinet-maker, probably resident in Sydney in the 1830s. The presence on a wax portrait in the second cabinet of the trade label of Thomas Blunt 'Fancy Cabinet Maker' may indicate the involvement of this furniture maker in the making of the cabinets. However, as Blunt appears to have specialised in the production of smaller items such as frames and writing cases his level of involvement may have extended only to the fitting of, for example, the purpose-built coin drawers in cabinet two."


From this website - http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/?irn=8169

[carrielovesfanta]

Thanks for that link Jason

My man obviously decided that fancy cabinets weren't for him... he went on to be a cooper!