General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

COTTON AND CHEMICAL PULP (AS SUGGESTED BY D. THEOBALD OF C.C.I.)

Dimensions

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

Length

32.5 cm

Width

20.5 cm

Height

N/A

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Printing

Category

Printed specimens

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

PIRIE

Country

United Kingdom

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

Unknown

Canada

PRESUMING THAT IT WAS PRINTED IN CANADA, THIS IS AN INTERESTING EXAMPLE OF ONE CDN COMPOSITOR'S "EXECUTIVE DECISION" TO SPELL OTTAWA "OTTAOUA", PROBABLY A PHONETIC VERSION BASED ON THE FRENCH NAME OF THE RIVER AND REGION.

Function

USED AS WRITING OR DRAWING PAPER

Technical

THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF A "LAID" MACHINE MADE LEDGER TYPE PAPER WITH AN INTERESTING EXAMPLE OF THE STYLE OF LETTERHEAD TOPOGRAPHY USED BY A FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT IN THE 1870'S. MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT BEARS AN INTERESTING MFR'S WATERMARK INCLUDING THE IMAGE OF BRITANNICA, THE MARK DENOTING THE FOOLSCAP SIZE OF PAPER USED PARTICULARLY BY PAPER MILLS IN GREAT BRITAIN.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

BEARS WATERMARK OF BRITANNICA AND MFR'S NAME, PAPER NAME, AND DATE: 'A. PIRIE & SONS' REGISTER FOOLSCAP 1871'

Missing

ARTIFACTINCLUDES ONE SHEET OF FOOLSCAP (SINGLE FOLD), PLUS ANOTHER SHEET WHICH HAS BEEN CUT IN HALF ALONG THE FOLD (1/2 MISSING).

Finish

GRAY IN COLOUR

Decoration

N/A