General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL, PROBABLY STAINLESS STEEL GAUGE; LEATHER CASE

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

12.0 cm

Width

1.6 cm

Height

N/A

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Printing

Category

Typesetting

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Chesterman

Country

England

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Worldwide

State/Province

Unknown

Period

THIS ONE - SOMETIME BETWEEN 1923 AND 1960 BY MR. WILLIS.

Canada

TYPE SAMPLE OF A GAUGE USED IN THE PRINTING INDUSTRY IN CANADA

Function

SPECIALIZED TOOL FOR MEASURING ACCURACY OF SET WIDTH OF CAST TYPE

Technical

MONOTYPE SYSTEM DEPENDS ON PRECISE ACCURACY OF MEASURES, SPECIALIZED TOOLS SUCH AS THIS ENSURE UNITS ARE ACCURATELY CAST.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

ON CASE: '"MONOTYPE"'/ HANDWRITTEN: 'W.H.W.'/ ON GAUGE CASE: '"MONOTYPE"/ CHESTERMAN SHEFFIELD/ JC/ ENGLAND/ RUSTLESS'/ FINGERSHAVE SCALES ON BOTH SIDES: '6 6 1/4/ 1/2 6 3/4 [SCALE 6 TO 42]' '7 7 1/4/ 1/2 7 3/4 [SCALE 5 TO 35]' '8 8 1/4/ 1/2 8 3/4 [SCALE 5 TO 30]' '9 9 1/4/ 1/2 9 3/4 [SCALE 5 TO 25]' '10 10 1/4/ 1/2 10 3/4 [SCALE 5 TO 25]' '11 11 1/4/ 1/2 11 3/4 [SCALE 5 TO 25]'/ 'WHW' SCRATCHED ON CASE

Missing

N/A

Finish

BROWN LEATHER CASE WITH GOLD PRINTING

Decoration

N/A