General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL TYPEWRITER AND LID/ SYNTHETIC ROLLER, TURNING KNOB AND KEY COVERS/ LEATHER HANDLE/ CARDSTOCK FLAP INSIDE LID/ COMPOSITE WOOD FIBRE BASE

Dimensions

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

Length

31.5 cm

Width

29.0 cm

Height

16.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Printing

Category

Typesetting

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Bar Lock

Country

England

State/Province

Unknown

City

Nottingham

Context

Country

Worldwide

State/Province

Unknown

Period

C 1920'S

Canada

EXAMPLE OF TYPE OF PORTABLE TYPEWRITER AVAILABLE FOR USE IN CANADA IN THE 1920'S

Function

USED TO WRITE MECHANICALLY IN LETTERS, NUMBERS AND CHARACTERS, IN A QUICK, LEGIBLE FASHION.

Technical

AN EARLY EXAMPLE OF UNIT CONSTRUCTION [REF 2]

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

PRINTED ON BACK OF TYPEWRITER BODY:'MADE IN NOTTINGHAM, ENGLAND/ BY BAR-LOCK TYPEWRITER COMPANY./ PROPRIETORS JOHN JARDINE LTD.'/ ON CARRIAGE BACK:RULER DIVIDED BY TENS MARKED WITH '10' TO '70'/ '[ROYAL COAT OF ARMS]/ BY APPOINTMENT/ TO HIS MAJESTY KING GEORGE V/ BAR-LET'/ ABOVE KEYS: 'MADE IN NOTTINGHAM, ENGLAND.'/ BELOW SPACE BAR: 'Model 2'/ THREE ROWS OF KEYS WITH THE ALPHABET PLUS NUMBERS '0' TO '9' AND VARIOUS PUNCTUATION MARKS/ ON HANDLE OF LID: 'BRITISH UKPAT NO326646 MADE'

Missing

N/A

Finish

LID & BASE CRINKLED BLACK PAINT; TYPEWRITER GLOSS BLACK PAINT WITH GOLD PRINTING; KEYS GOLD PRINTING ON BLACK BACKGROUND; CHROMED CARRIAGE AND KEY LETTER HOLDERS

Decoration

DECAL OF A ROYAL SEAL FROM KING GEORGE V ON CARRIAGE BACK