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Date(s)
- c1940 (Creation)
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1 object(s)
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Archival history
D.C.L Pullin, a former composition apprentice donated a number of objects to the Guardian in 1993
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Scope and content
8 inch composing stick and small piece of chalk. In letterpress printing and typesetting, a composing stick is a tool used to assemble pieces of metal type into words and lines, which are then transferred to a galley before being locked into a forme and printed.
Production place: Sheffield, UK
Production note: Company was named Stephenson Blake & Co Ltd between 1841-1905, therefore it is assumed that the composing stick was produced during this time
Materials: Stainless steel; card
Colour: Black; Silver; Orange
Condition: Fair
Dimensions: Box: 25mm x 224mm x 62mm
Completeness: Complete
Inscription: Label on box "8" COMPOSING STICK; STAINLESS; Inside Screw" Composing stick: "Stainless Steel; Stephenson Blake & Co LTD"
Creator: Stephenson Blake & Co. Ltd.
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Researcher access to objects is at the discretion of the archivists, and dependant on condition and current location.
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Open(part)