Stamp

Title:

Duane F. Holt, Architect, Nashua, N.H.

Object Name:

Stamp

Object ID:

2001.017.08

Place of Origin:

US

Date:

1904-1923

Description:

Hand stamp. Turned wooden handle painted black, rubber washer and metal tube connects to rectangular metal plate. Tube has raised band under which is printed "U.S. PAT.OCT.31.99.V.R.PAT.19223 98." Metal plate has raised foliage design and raised numbers "5-7". Attached to rectangular rubber piece with raised lettering "AIR CUSHION" on one side and "MADE IN UNITED STATES / U.S. PATENT MAR.12.1895 / LIC'D U.S. PAT. NO. 489343(?) / ENGLISH PAT. NO. 858 95" on opposite side. Oval rubber piece attached to bottom of stamp with raised mirror-image lettering: "DUANE F. HOLT / ARCHITECT, / 282 MAIN ST., / NASHUA,N.H."

Material:

Wood
Metal
Rubber

Dimensions:

H-3 W-1.75 D-1.5 inches

Provenance:

Duane F. Holt's business was located at 282 Main Street, Nashua, NH, 1904-1923.

Richard Hale Smith of Springfield, MA, patented a cushion for a hand stamp on March 12, 1895. According to the U.S. Patent Office website, the patent number is 535,736. Accompanying drawings show a very similar design on the metal plate.

Credit Line:

Gift of Mary McEvoy Barrett

People:

Holt, Duane

Subjects:

Rubber stamps, Architects