Category: Press and typeface identification
Later topic: pin mark information
Earlier topic: Help identify type from a galley

Press identification.

Can anyone help me identify this mystery press. Some pretty distinctive gold leaf decoration and also gold painted sections at the base.
The chase size is approx 3.7” x 2.4”.

Thanks in advance.

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  • oprion
  • on 3 Feb 15 (15:55)
  • Updated 3 Feb 15 (18:25)

Looks like a “Baltimorian” #10 by J.F.W. Dorman Company. 1885-1904
(Could also be a “Baltimore” #10 by Baumgarten & Co. 1895-1900 as they are practically identical).

Here’s a handy (though possibly incomplete and chronologically-challenged) guide I made a few years back for identifying this line of ornate tabletops.

Part One:
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7112/7068179547_8e3b7469a8_o.jpg

Part Two:
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7083/6922098424_3860a208e3_o.jpg

Thanks Oprion, that’s really helpful, and the pictorial guides are great too.

I just need to see if I can track down an ink disk for it, in my upcoming visit stateside!

Cheers!