Type, wood
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- OBJECT TYPE
- ROMAN/12 & 16 LINE
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1984.1340.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Stephenson, Blake & Co. Ltd.
- MODEL
- WINDSOR LIGHT A
- LOCATION
- United Kingdom
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 90
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOOD
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 7.0 cm
- Width
- 6.8 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- 2.4 cm
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Printing
- Category
- Image carriers
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Stephenson Blake
- Country
- United Kingdom
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
FORMERLY PROPERTY OF NATIONAL CAPITAL COMMISSION IN OTTAWA. - Function
-
USED IN LETTERPRESS PROCESS TO PROVIDE IMAGE WHICH CAN BE TRANSFERRED REPEATEDLY TO PAPER OR OTHER SURFACE. WOOD TYPE WAS USED PRIMARILY FOR ADVERTISING, DISPLAY WORK ETC. - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF DISPLAY TYPE OF FAMILY PRODUCED BY STEPHENSON, BLAKE & CO. FROM 1905 TO 1910. IT WAS REVIVED IN 1950'S AS ADVERTISING DISPLAY TYPE (REF. 3). - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- LETTER A STAMPED WITH LOGO READING "S. B./ & CO."
- Missing
- Font Count sheets in supp. info are accurate save for a possibly mislabelling of a colon as a semi-colon.
- Finish
- WOOD POSSIBLY OILED
- Decoration
- N/A
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