Object Record
Images
Metadata
Object ID # |
2006.049.015 |
Object Name |
Block, Printing |
Title |
Beaver Brand Flooring Advertisement Stereotype |
Lexicon category |
6: T&E For Communication |
Made |
Knight, Dick |
Place of Origin |
Meaford, Municipality of Meaford, Grey County |
Description |
Printer's mechanically engraved half-tone relief stereotype with advertising for Beaver Brand flooring. This is an un-mounted stereotype of an image produced using the half-tone method of photomechanical image production. A photomechanical reproduction of the original image (as drawn by the artist) would be transfered to a surface where it would be subject to chemical etching. This is an electroplated stereotype of the original etching. There are 5 small holes where it would be nailed to a mount (another hole appears to be broken off). The cut has an irregular shape. The design has a sort of "A" shape and has two Beaver Brand logos advertising the Stanley Knight Ltd. flooring products. |
Makers mark |
None |
Provenance |
Made by Dick Knight. Item belonged to the Knight Press in Meaford, Grey County. Last owned by Dick Knight, whose father founded The Knight Press in 1929. The Knight Press did a lot of printing work for a family concern, The Stanley Knight Ltd. flooring company in Meaford, Grey County, for whom Dick Knight's father had worked before founding The Knight Press. This flooring company's products are advertised on the cut. Dick Knight worked with his father for many years, learning the letterpress printing trade. He took over his father's establishment, which operated until 1990. This "cut" was last-kept by Dick Knight, the previous owner. His father had started THE KNIGHT PRESS of Meaford, Ontario in 1929, and Dick worked with his father for many years, learning the letterpress printing trade. Mr. Knight continued the printing business until 1990. This printing business did a lot of work for the Stanley Knight Ltd. flooring company in Meaford (where the previous owner's father had worked before he started up The Knight Press). This flooring company's products are advertised on the cut. |
Collection |
Printing & Bindery Equipment, 20th-c Collection |
Material |
Electroplated metal/Wood |
Dimensions |
W-12.5 L-6 D-0.1 cm |
Found |
Meaford, Municipality of Meaford, Grey County |
People |
Knight, Dick Knight, Stanley |
Subjects |
Advertisements Printing Printers |
Search Terms |
Meaford Industries & Products Meaford The Knight Press (Meaford) |
Function |
This piece would normally be nailed to a wooden mount raising it to type height for printing purposes. |