General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

stone

Dimensions

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

Length

28.2 cm

Width

23.2 cm

Height

6.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Non-motorized Ground Transportation

Category

Animal powered

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Unknown

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

An item from the collection of Mr Andrew Merrilees acquired between the 1950’s and his death in 1979. Mr. Merrilees was a noted collector of early railway and transportation material and was particularly interested in pre-1920 photography. The majority of Mr.Merrilees’ collection was sent to the National Archives circa 1980, his printed material to the National Library and the Ontario Archives. The material in this donation was retained by Andrew Merrilees Ltd., currently owned by Dr. Robert Stewart (Acquisition proposal for AK0114 archival material by D.Monaghan, in Supp. Info.).

Function

Used in offset printing to carry the image to be printed, in this case an advertisement? for a carriage maker.

Technical

An example of an engraved stone used as an original in printing. Because transfers could be cheaply made from the original engraved stone, lithography was the preferred process for printing large numbers of a given form or format, for many years. Their use is now generally limited to artists

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Black image of factory labelled ‘The Wm. Gray and Sons Co., Limited/ Fine Carriages and Sleighs' on one side/ black letterheads and forms for various Montreal companies on other side

Missing

complete

Finish

polished

Decoration

N/A