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  2. Fire insurance mark - Wikipedia

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    A rare and original plaque from the 1840s is on display at the historic Darling House, The Rocks, the current property having been constructed in this colonial precinct 1842. In Melbourne, the Collingwood Fire Insurance Company (with a paid up capital of 200 000 pounds) was operating in Gertude Street, Collingwood, Victoria , in 1854.

  3. House numbering - Wikipedia

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    A house number in Paris, France. House numbering is the system of giving a unique number to each building in a street or area, with the intention of making it easier to locate a particular building. The house number is often part of a postal address. The term describes the number of any building (residential or commercial) with a mailbox, or ...

  4. Commemorative plaque - Wikipedia

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    A commemorative plaque, or simply plaque, or in other places referred to as a historical marker, historic marker, or historic plaque, is a plate of metal, ceramic, stone, wood, or other material, bearing text or an image in relief, or both, to commemorate one or more persons, an event, a former use of the place, or some other thing. Most such ...

  5. Art in bronze and brass - Wikipedia

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    The first was an attempt to use enamel with brass, a difficult matter, as brass is a bad medium for enamel. A number of objects exist in the form of firedogs, candlesticks, caskets, plaques and vases, the body of which is of brass roughly cast with a design in relief; the hollow spaces between the lines of the design are filled in with patches ...

  6. List of former English Heritage blue plaques - Wikipedia

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    The house was pulled down in the 1940s and the plaque retrieved; the LCC, having identified Holland House in Kensington (which had been largely destroyed by German firebombing during the Blitz in 1940) and 46 Clarges Street in Mayfair as surviving residences elected to rehang the plaque at the latter address, where Fox had lived for a short ...

  7. House sign - Wikipedia

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    House signs have been used since ancient times to personalise a dwelling, turning a house into a home. [1] See also. House number sign; Paternoster Row (London)