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ID number:  WB-PC0047.2
Institution:  Winterbourne House and Garden
Named collection:  Winterbourne Print Collection
Title / Object name:  Dormy Redface Solid Rubber Type kit
Object type:  Printing block
Date made:  1920-1940
Materials:  Wood; Rubber; Paper; Textile

Dormy Redface Solid Rubber Type kit. Wooden textile-covered box with internal wooden divisions, containing rubber printing blocks for typesetting. Alphabet and punctuation marks. Composing holders missing. Lid of box has paper label showing brand, and label of 'The Rubber Stamp Company, Broad Street, Birmingham'. Used by donor's grandparents George and Florence Taylor in their general store, Walsall, from 1930s onwards.

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