Type, wood

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OBJECT TYPE: ANTIQUE/10 LINE
DATE: 1840
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1972.1272.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: HARDWOOD (END CUT)

Dimensions

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Lexicon

Group: Printing
Category: Image carriers
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Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: Unknown
Function: LARGE FACE WOODEN LETTERS USED FOR DISPLAY & POSTER PRINTING
Technical: EXAMPLE OF AN ANTIQUE DISPLAY FACE/ EARLY ANTIQUES PROVIDED THE FOUNDATION FOR A MAJOR PORTION OF THE POPULAR 19TH CENTURY DISPLAY FACES/ THE FIRST ANTIQUE WOOD TYPE WAS SHOWN BY DARIUS WELLS IN HIS 1828 CATALOGUE/ THE CONDENSED STYLE WAS FIRST SHOWN IN 1838 AND THE EXTRA-CONDENSED IN 1840/ THIS TYPE FACE REPRESENTATIVE OF AN EARLY (CA.1840) & POSSIBLE RARE WOOD TYPE DESIGN. AT PRESENT IT DEFIES PRECISE IDENTIFICATION.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: N/A
Missing: From CA of 10/15/1995 by Tony Missio: Undetermined
Finish: SOME BATTERED TYPE, REQUIRED THOROUGH CLEANING
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Type, wood, circa 1840, Artifact no. 1972.1272, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1972.1272.001/

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