embossing seal press
date: label: date made
content: 1881
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A iron hand-operated press for embossing letter seals. Two holes on base for mounting to a desk. Brass plate reads: "The Bankers and Merchants Telegraph Co. / Incorporated / [floral design] / 1881". Bottom plate is missing. No extant maker's mark.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Western Union Corporation
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.332772
label: catalog number
content: 332772
label: accession number
content: 294351
objectType: label: Object Name
content: seal press
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 in x 2 3/8 in x 6 1/2 in; 27.94 cm x 6.0325 cm x 16.51 cm