Plate, Engraving

Object Name:

Plate, Engraving

Object ID:

1988.063.01-.23

Creator:

Rumford PressPrintmaker

Place of Origin:

Concord, NH

Date:

1901

Description:

Set of 23 printing plates for 1901 catalog of Concord Foundry Co., Concord, NH. Metal plates on 0.75" thick wood blocks of various sizes. Total thickness, including metal, generally 0.95". Plates are mostly for illustrations, with some text. Not a complete set; not all catalog illustrations are included. Five plates are not in catalog at all.
1988.063.01 For cover of catalog, 4 5/8" x 2 5/8".
.02 Page 2, top illustration, "Outside View of Foundry," 1 7/8" x 2 5/8".
.03 Page 2, bottom illustration, "Inside View of Foundry," 2" x 2 5/8".
.04 Page 4, illustration, "Concord Fountain," 5 1/4" x 2".
.05 Page 4, same as above, 5 1/2" x 2 1/8".
.06 Page 8, illustration of Concord Fountain, but not quite same as on pictured, 3 1/4" x 2 1/4".
.07 Illustration of Concord Fountain with lamp, not pictured in catalog, 5" x 1 7/8".
.08 Page 10, "Builders' Materials," 3 3/4" x 2 5/8".
.09 Page 15, "Machinists' Supplies, with top left illustration of wheel, 2" x 2 5/8".
.10 Page 15, "Machinists' Supplies, with two bottom illustrations of wheels and text, 2 5/8" x 2 5/8".
.11 Page 18, "Improved Chimney Caps", heading only, 3/8" x 2 5/8".
.12 Page 18, illustration, No. 2 Chimney Cap, 1 3/8" x 1 7/8".
.13 Page 18, text, 2 1/4" x 2 5/8".
.14 Page 19, "No. 3 Chimney Cap," with illustration and text, 4 7/8" x 2 5/8".
.15 Illustration of chimney cap by Clapp & Co., Concord, not pictured in catalog., 1 3/4" x 2".
.16 Page 24, Improved Concord Sewer Inlet Grating, Patented 1900, first six line of text only, 1" x 2 5/8".
.17 Page 31, Sink Trap, Fig. 2, 1 1/2" x 1 1/8". all metal, U-shaped.
.18 Page 31, Sink Trap, Fig. 2, exactly same as above.
.19 Page 31, Bath Tub Trap, Fig. 3, 3 5/8" x 1 7/8".
.20 Page 31, Bath Tub Trap, Fig. 3, exactly same as above.
.21 Illustration of Slop Hopper, with text, not pictured in catalog, 5" x 2 5/8".
.22 Large illustration of Concord Fountain without trough, same as much smaller picture on page 7, 12 5/8" x 4".
.23 Illustration of Locomotive Cylinder, with text, not pictured in catalog. Includes heading "Railroad Castings of all Kings." 3 1/2" x 2 5/8".

Material:

Metal
Wood

Provenance:

Concord Foundry made brass and iron castings. They were perhaps best known for manufacturing the "Concord Fountain" and sewer gratings, both of which were apparently first designed and patented by Henry W. Clapp, who was a lawyer in Concord.

Credit Line:

Gift of Roger Gibbs

Subjects:

Printing plates, Printing blocks