Object number
AX.2010.1.53
Title
Set of stamping tools used by Leonard Dowse
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Production notes
adjustable blocks and keyOne stamp bears this name
Material
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various
Description
Set of 31 stamping tools and associated items. Including 1 tool with red handle and adjustable roller fitting; 1 iron tray; 7 unidentified blocks, with adjustable screw mechanism, stamped ‘Cornerstone Made in England’; associated T-shaped key, 9 rectangular blocks of hard wood, in two lengths; 5 slivers of softwood; 7 brass stamping blocks, ‘The County’, ‘Super’, ‘Alfred Jameson London', ‘Len Dowse Makers Clapham’, and 2, 3 and 4 stars. Presumed to be used for imprinting or ink printing the different stamps onto cricket bats, but precise method unknown.
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