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Discover the processes involved in making an everyday item we couldn’t live without. From early traditional methods to later forms of mechanisation, explore equipment used to make the humble piece of paper.

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Two ornamental dandy rolls mounted on a frame

Loft candle lamp

Loft candle lamp

Motor unit from cylinder mould papermaking machine

Wet end from cylinder mould papermaking machine

Dry end from cylinder mould papermaking machine

Three small samples of paper made by The Revd. William Derham

1657-1735

Mold for Making Medium-Sized Paper by Hand, 1801-1910

1801-1910

Paper-making Mould with watermark, 1880-1885

1880-1885

Hollander Beater

1900-1925

Chinese-Style Paper Fan

Dandy Roll Section

1900

hand paper mould

'The Star Recipe' papermaking kit

National Paper Museum Trust Archive

Parts from cylinder mould papermaking machine

Papermaker's cross

Set of polyester coated pressed paperboard containers

Lantern

Paper testing machine for tensile or breaking strength

Photographs illustrating native paper-making in Kashmir

Automatic micrometer

Model of Rag engine (scale 1:8)

Model of a Rag boiler

1892

Model of steam heated paper calendering rolls, 1840-1918

1840-1918

hand paper mould

Automatic Micrometer

1910-1940

Dandy Roll

1900-1930

micrometer

Sign

Hand Paper Mould Watermarks

1900-191920
Government Stamp (c. 1770-1790), used by English customs to stamp paper at Chepstow, for the paper tax during the reign of George III. Deeply cut brass with G.R./CROWN CUSTOMS/PAPER/ CHEPSTOW. Lignum vitae handle

Government Stamp (c. 1770-1790)

1770-1790
Papermakers' microscope by Bausch & Lomb, USA, c1930

Papermakers' microscope by Bausch & Lomb

circa 1930
Cylinder mould papermaking machine consisting of mould unit with drum or mould making paper about 12 inches wide. Three sections: Wet end, dry end, and assembly.

papermaking machine

Twenty three photographs illustrating native paper-making in Kashmir (taken by Mr W. Raitt in 1917)

Photographs illustrating native paper-making in Kashmir

Paper mould with "Stalybridge Corporation Mortgage" watermark.

Paper Mould with "Stalybridge Corporation Mortgage" Watermark

Paper mould with "Manchester Corporation" watermark.

Paper Mould with "Manchester Corporation" Watermark

Small collection of specimens of 19th century papers

Small collection of specimens of 19th century paper

Model (scale 1:8) of a modern form of the " Hollander", a breaking engine for making 'half-stuff' from rags, one spare bed plate from above

Model of breaking engine for making half stuff from rags, 1801-1900

1801-1900
Papermaking equipment - vat, made by Roberts in 1900

Papermaking equipment - vat

1900
Shamish hand papermaking mould and deckle

Shamish hand papermaking mould and deckle

Scales for weighing paper, with wooden framed body with wheels at one end, handles at the other with R.H. Wood, Maidstone engraved.

Scales for weighing paper

screen of 'organdie', mounted on frame hinged to chip board base. Soft wood constructoin, and home made. Has various inks with homemade 'squegee'.

silk screen press

Book on Japanese Paper Mill, in Japanese. Green rexine with orange slip case. With photos.

Book on Japanese Paper Mill

List of English, Scottish and Irish paper mills and makers dated 1837 and a pamphlet 'Resin sizing of paper', 1900, and 'Further notes on Early papermaking near Edinburgh' by Waterson

Resin sizing of paper and Further notes on Early papermaking near Edinburgh

1837-1900
Paper tensile testing machine made by J.J. Marshall & Co.

Paper tensile testing machine made by J.J. Marshall & Co

Papermakers mould and deckle with special watermark, made in 1977, for use in demonstrations

Papermakers mould and deckle with special watermark

1977
Coloured print of Fourdrinier paper making machine

Coloured print of Fourdrinier paper making machine

Model, scale 1:6, of John Dickinson's cylinder paper making machine of 1809, model made by Science Museum, Workshops, South Kensington, London, England, 1984

Model of Cylinder mould paper-making machine

1809; 1984
Model (scale 1:4) of Robert's papermaking machine, designed in 1798

Robert's Paper-Making Machine, 1798.

1798