Object Record
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Metadata
Object ID # |
2009.001.017 |
Object Name |
Case, Type |
Title |
Reglet Cabinet |
Lexicon category |
6: T&E For Communication |
Date |
Likely early 20th-century |
Made |
Unknown |
Place of Origin |
United States of America (?) |
Description |
Letterpress printer's "Reglet Cabinet", with reglets. These are thin, hardwood strips, less than type high, which were once commonly used as leading material between type lines. The cabinet is a wooden, box-like item with compartments for the different-sized reglets in its open front. The numerous reglets do not have catalogue numbers. They are simple, dark-stained, rectangular pieces of wood. The front of the cabinet has black-printed numerals referring to size. The front also has a horizontally mounted wooden ruler. |
Makers mark |
None seen |
Provenance |
Manufacturer unknown. Dates to the early 20th-century. Belonged to the Richardson, Bond & Wright printing company in Owen Sound, Grey County. This business was often referred to as "R-B-W", or "RBW". It was succeeded in Owen Sound by Transcontinental Printing Ltd. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Nels Maher (a local, professional printer) and Wayne Landen (Museum Director) worked towards building a collection of vintage printing equipment, in order to someday build a period print shop at the County of Grey-Owen Sound Museum. |
Collection |
Printing & Bindery Equipment, 20th-c Collection |
Material |
Wood/Finish/Glue/Metal |
Dimensions |
H-42.2 W-52 L-23.5 cm |
Found |
Owen Sound, Grey County |
People |
Maher, Nelson Brown, Stan |