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- OBJECT TYPE
- EMBOSSING/RAIL/MANUAL
- DATE
- 1852–1923
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1967.1402.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY
- LOCATION
- Unknown
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOOD HANDLE; BRASS STAMPING HEAD
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 10.6 cm
- Width
- 3.2 cm
- Height
- 3.2 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Railway Transportation
- Category
- Operations
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- WOULD HAVE BEEN USED SOMETIME BETWEEN 1852 AND 1923 AS THIS IS WHEN THE G.T.R. EXISTED AS A COMPANY.
- Canada
-
TYPE SAMPLE OF OFFICE EQUIPMENT USED IN CANADA BY ONE OF CANADA'S EARLY RAILWAY COMPANIES. - Function
-
USED TO STAMP ON A PIECE OF WAX TO IDENTIFY THE DOCUMENT OR ENVELOPE BEARING THE WAX AS BEING PROPERTY OF THE COMPANY SO EMBOSSED. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- INCISED IN MIRROR IMAGE IN BASE: 'G.T.R./ HICKSON,/ ONT.'
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE
- Finish
- HANDLE STAINED AND VARNISHED
- Decoration
- TURNED HANDLE WITH DECORATIVE GROOVES
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Unknown Manufacturer, Stamp, between 1852–1923, Artifact no. 1967.1402, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1967.1402.001/
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