printing press

Made:
Manchester

British Automatic Platen printing press, made by T. C Thompson & Son Ltd, Manchester.

Details

Category:
Printing & Writing
Object Number:
Y6300.1
Materials:
metal (unknown), wood (unidentified) and plastic (unidentified)
Measurements:
Overall: 1400 mm x 1800 mm x 1500 mm,
type:
printing press
credit:
Gift of Crewe & Alsager College

Parts

Union Jack printing outfit

Boxed Union Jack Printing Outfit No.3 containing rubber stamps, ink pads, tweezers and wooden blocks, sold by W.J.Marshall (Toys) Ltd, The Old Toy Shop, 473, Oxford St., W1. Contains an inner box, the John Bull Printing Outfit, "Charter" Series, London

SE1 containing strips of lettering and individual letters made of India rubber to be set into type, with an instruction slip.

Measurements:
200 mm x 163 mm x 21 mm, 25 g
Object Number:
Y6300.1.1
type:
toy - printing set
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