General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

WOODEN FRAME (MAHOGANY?)/ ZINC PLATE/ BRASS HINGES/ OAK CASE

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

43.0 cm

Width

30.3 cm

Height

4.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Printing

Category

Duplication

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

EYQUEM

Country

France

State/Province

Unknown

City

Paris

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

NONE, ALTHOUGH IT DOES REPRESENT AN EARLY TYPE OF DUPLICATING EQUIPMENT USED IN CANADA AND LIKELY BROUGHT HERE BE SOMEONE IN THE DOMINICAN ORDER AS U.S. AND BRITISH MACHINES WOULD BE MUCH EASIER TO ACQUIRE HERE.

Function

THE PRODUCTION OF COPIES FROM A HANDWRITTEN (OR TYPED) STENCIL - ONE COPY AT A TIME

Technical

THIS IS PROBABLY A FRENCH COPY OF GESTETNER'S CYCLOSTYLE DUPLICATOR (1881) OR LATER NEW-CYCLOSTYLE (1888) WHICH EMPLOYED AN IMPROVED STYLUS. THE INSTRUCTIONS ON THE LID OF THE BOX CLAIM THAT 3000 COPIES CAN BE MADE 'SANS MANIPULATIONS' PROBABLY MEANING WITHOUT CHANGING STENCILS. THIS GESTETNER QUOTED 2000. DAVID GESTETNER WAS THE PIONEER OF STENCIL DUPLICATING EQUIPMENT.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

N/A

Missing

STYLUS, POSSIBLY AN INKING PLATE, STENCIL PAPER

Finish

FRAME STAINED (REDDISH BROWN)

Decoration

NONE