CASE, TYPE
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1920
- Date Range To
- 1930
- Materials
- WOOD
- Catalogue Number
- P19960075069
- 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
- UNFINISHED OAK TYPE CASE (DRAWER) DIVIDED DOWN CENTRE AND PARTITIONED INTO SLOTS 25CM (L) X 6.5CM (W). CONTAINS PRINTING BLOCKS (TYPE) INCLUDING UPPER CASE LETTERS AND NUMBERS, WITH FIVE PUNCTUATION MARKS. STANDARD SIZE IS APPR. 2.3CM (H) X 6.2CM (L) X 2.8CM (W). WIDTH VARIES SLIGHTLY DEPENDING ON LETTER. FRONT FACE OF DRAWER HAS LABEL READING "SIZE OF TYPE IN THIS DRAWER". 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
- P19960075069
- Acquisition Date
- 1993-02
- Collection
- Museum
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