Category: Press and typeface identification
Later topic: North American Hand Press Database
Earlier topic: Looking for Cornell Mats

ID This Old Letter Press Wood Blocks?

I am not sure I am in the right place. I buy at local estate auctions and sell online and something interesting was purchased this weekend. To me this looks like an uncut sheet of vintage printing press woodblock for inks in like a catalog for Church furnishing or something but I am unsure? I welcome any information you can provide.

Chad

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  • Qonor
  • on 3 Feb 14 (05:05)

It does look like a zinc plate for a catalog. The pins mean it was probably part of a whole page, intended to have text added in between and around the images. I would donate it to a local school or shop that teaches letterpress printing, as it won’t have much monetary value.