General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

6

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

TIN

Dimensions

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

Length

11.7 cm

Width

7.7 cm

Height

1.9 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Printing

Category

Image transfer

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

RICHFORD

Country

England

State/Province

Unknown

City

London

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

C. early 20th century

Canada

Unknown

Function

To do amateur printing of cards, tickets, labels etc.

Technical

Sample of late 19th century amateur printing apparatus using tools fashioned on commercial letterpress typesetting construction.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 'PATENT VR/ 14, 959/ FOR/ RUBBER/ STAMPS/ AND/ TYPE/ TRADEMARK/ E[?]R/ LONDON/ The "EFFECTIVE"/ SOLID/ SELF-INKING/ STAMP PAD/ Requires no ink-/ ing; is not affected by heat or cold; is/ guaranteed not to/ dry up or become/ hollow and broken;/ but to always pre-/ sent a firm and even/ surface ready for/ use at any time.'

Missing

Set of type is missing 'J' & '1'

Finish

Painted red with black lettering, silver-coloured inside, quite corroded

Decoration

N/A