Box of brass furniture

Case, Type

Accession Number: 2006.19.10

Description: Wooden box, lap joins with brads on edges; steel piano hinge on lid; red and gold paper label on top of lid; brass swivel catch; wooden dividers for twenty compartments holding 62 brass types, primarily for lines of various length, the types are stamped from 1 to 18; a pin at the bottom of each type fits into a groove in the bottom of the case.

Height: 2.25

Width: 14.25

Depth: 6.375

Date Made: ca. 1925

Collection: APH Collection

History/Provenance: APH Collection

Credit Line: APH Collection

Subjects: Printing Braille

Material: Wood, brass, steel

Updated: 01/20/2010