English common press (miniature)
date: label: Date made
content: Late 19th century
label: date made
content: late 19th century
name: label: maker
content: unknown
label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This wooden and brass scale model of an 18th-century English common press dates from the late 19th-century. It is stamped on its side "244884."
label: Description (Brief)
content: The model was made by the Patent Office for their own reference and exhibition purposes.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Transfer from the Department of the Interior, 1906.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Citation: Elizabeth Harris, "Printing Presses in the Graphic Arts Collection," 1996.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: District of Columbia, Washington
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content: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
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content: Communications
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content: Work
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content: Industry & Manufacturing
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content: Printing Presses in the Graphic Arts Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.11013
label: accession number
content: 46812
label: catalog number
content: 11013
label: accession number
content: 46812
objectType: label: Object Name
content: model; press, printing
label: Object Name
content: model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 in x 5 1/2 in x 9 in; 30.48 cm x 13.97 cm x 22.86 cm