Bidspirit auction | original Etching - National Society

original Etching - National Society of Brushmakers - This beautiful Etching will be in the Auction - it represents the National Society of Brushmakers and everything about it felt it was a joke! After a little research it turns out it is a real as it can be. Do you wonder if Trigger was in the National Society of Brushmakers? Their mottos were 'United To Protect, Not Combined To Injure.' 'Domine dirige nos – Lord, guide us – which is also the motto of the city of London. Printed 16, Charterhouse St, Charterhouse Square, London. The Brushmakers Society was formed by a mutual understanding between a number of towns, the coats of arms of six major ones forming part of the border of this print. The Russian wild boar was the authentic sign of the trade and the view of St Katherine's Dock signifies the import point for bristle cargoes. The union was known for never undertaking a strike. By the end of the 1960s, it had around 6,000 members, and in 1971 it added ”and General Workers” to its name. Two years later, it was expelled from the TUC for registering with the government, in defiance of the congress' policy, but it was permitted to re-join the following year. In 1983, the union merged into the Furniture, Timber and Allied Trades Union. Didn't they know how to do things properly back in the day!