CASE, TYPE
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1920
- Date Range To
- 1930
- Materials
- WOOD
- Catalogue Number
- P19960075071
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1920
- Date Range To
- 1930
- Materials
- WOOD
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 3.2
- Length
- 55.3
- Width
- 42.4
- Description
- OAK TYPE CASE (DRAWER) PARTITIONED INTO SLOTS 25CM (L) X HEIGHT OF BLOCKS (VARIES). CONTAINS TWO SIZES OF WOODEN PRINTING BLOCKS: 2.3CM (H) X 2.5CM (L) X 1.1CM (W), AND 2.3CM (H) X 6.2CM (L) X 3CM (W). SIZES VARY SLIGHTLY. SMALL SIZES INCLUDE ALPHABET, NUMBERS, AND OTHER SYMBOLS. LARGE INCLUDE NUMBERS AND OTHER SYMBOLS. FRONT FACE OF DRAWER HAS LABEL READING "SIZE OF TYPE IN THIS CASE", WITH A SECOND READING "36 POINT PENN OLD ENGLISH". STICKER IN CENTRE WITH "12 12" SURFACE OF WOOD MARRED THROUGHOUT.
- Subjects
- PRINTING T&E
- Historical Association
- TRADES
- History
- LOCATED WITH OTHER RELATED PIECES IN THE WET LAB AREA OF THE MUSEUM, AND CURATOR CECILE MCCLEARY INDICATES THAT THEY BELONG WITH THE COLLECTION P19930010001-GA, WHICH WAS A PURCHASE (BOS GRAPHICS). ALL RELATED PIECES ARE CATALOGUED AS P19960075001-GA THROUGH TO P199600750074-GA. RANGE AND VALUE ARE CONSIDERED SEPARATELY, AS THEY WERE NOT INCLUDED IN THE ORIGINAL DOCUMENTATION.
- Catalogue Number
- P19960075071
- Acquisition Date
- 1993-02
- Collection
- Museum
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