Renseignements généraux

Nº de série

S/O

Nº de partie

1

Nombre total de parties

1

Ou

S/O

Brevets

S/O

Description générale

METAL/ LEATHER COVERING ON HANDLE

Dimensions

Remarque : Cette information reflète la taille générale pour l’entreposage et ne représente pas nécessairement les véritables dimensions de l’objet.

Longueur

62,0 cm

Largeur

30,5 cm

Hauteur

44,5 cm

Épaisseur

S/O

Poids

S/O

Diamètre

S/O

Volume

S/O

Lexique

Groupe

Imprimerie

Catégorie

Duplication

Sous-catégorie

S/O

Fabricant

Ou

Inconnu

Pays

Inconnu

État/province

Inconnu

Ville

Inconnu

Contexte

Pays

Canada

État/province

Inconnu

Période

Inconnu

Canada

Inconnu

Fonction

To copy a handwritten document by applying pressure to a sheet of tissue paper placed over the ink original.

Technique

Patented by James Watt in 1780, copy presses were once a common tool in offices, providing the simplest means of making copies of hand written documents. To copy a letter, a damp sheet of "onion skin" copy paper was placed over the freshly written page and then both were placed in the press. When squeezed together the thin, absorbent copy paper would pick up some of the ink from the letter. This reverse image of the text could be read correctly by viewing it through the back of the nearly transparent sheet. In the twentieth century copy presses were superceded by the use of carbon paper with typewriters and, later, by photographic copying methods.

Notes sur la région

Inconnu

Détails

Marques

ON TOP OF PLATEN, MOSTLY ILLEGIBLE, CAN SEE '[?] & SON/ [?] RERS'

Manque

S/O

Fini

PAINTED BLACK, NOW MUCH WORN & CHIPPED, FADED GOLD & RED COLOURED TRIM ON TOP OF PLATEN/ REMAINS OF LEATHER ON HANDLE ARE BROWN & BLACK

Décoration

FADED GOLD-COLOURED LINE AROUND BASE/ ON TOP OF PLATEN IS GOLD-COLOURED LINE AROUND OUTER EDGE WITH THICKER GOLD LINE TO INSIDE OF IT,INNER LINE HAS RED DETAILING & SCROLLWORK