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    carrying  them  –  may  belie  the  existence  of  more
                                  examples awaiting discovery.  More likely though, the
                                  paucity of such labels suggests that Suter’s sales were
                                  largely via “word of mouth” networks, or to individuals
                                  responding  to  his  Science  Gossip  entries,  although
                                  optical  shops  may  have  bought  sporadically  from  his
                                  catalogues and on-sold at a profit.

                                  Some  mounts  have  “primary”  retail  labels,  where
                                  optical firms but not preparers are specified (but can be
                                  identified  by  handwriting).    Slides  sold  by  Cole  and
                                  Angus,  for  instance,  have  labels  bearing  several
                                  handwritings  -  some  that  of  identifiable  preparers,
                                  some not.  Baker’s 1901 catalogue is more overt, and
                                  lists no less than thirty preparers: it includes “Cole” for
                                  a  physiological  series,  and  examples  of  this  series  in
                                  Microscopical Mounts and Mounters (plate 4, E and G)
                                  have Martin Cole’s handwriting.  Cases like this imply
                                  contractual  arrangements,  with  company  labels
                                  supplied  to  preparers.    Interestingly,  Baker’s  list
                                  features  neither  Ernest  Hinton  nor  W.  A.  Firth,  but
                                  “primary” labels with their handwriting occur, as in the

                                  examples below.

                                    Hinton (L) and W.A. Firth (R) mounting for Baker,

                                                  presumably under contract

                                  The  Suter  mount  below  is  a  rarity,  and  implies  a
                                  contractual  arrangement  with  Dollond,  as  also  seems
                                  the case for Martin Cole.

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