- Date
- 1915 – 1930
- Material
- stone; fibre; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 105.06.0036 a-c
- Description
- A signature set of two carved stone printer's chops and small wooden case holding marking paste. (a) tall square smoothly polished yellow stone marbled with red, carved on one face near top with relief design. Stamp at base is reverse carved into square surface. Green Japanese characters carved int…
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- Title
- Signet Set
- Date
- 1915 – 1930
- Material
- stone; fibre; wood
- Dimensions
- 4.0 x 1.6 x 1.6 cm
- Description
- A signature set of two carved stone printer's chops and small wooden case holding marking paste. (a) tall square smoothly polished yellow stone marbled with red, carved on one face near top with relief design. Stamp at base is reverse carved into square surface. Green Japanese characters carved into side. Printing surface is protected by square box like cover of overshot gold silk, lined with red. (b) smoothly polished rectangular piece of red stone mottled with grey and rounded at upper corners. Green Japanese characters carved into one side. Printing surface is protected by box like cover of gold overshot silk lined with red.(c) very shallow flat square smoothly finished dark brown wood box containing a vermilion paste ink for stamping. Lid fits over small lip on base.
- Subject
- households
- office
- hobbies
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 105.06.0036 a-c
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