Three- Masted Ship plate die
Object/Artifact
A plate depicting a fully rigged (square sails on all masts) three-masted ship. The sails are picked out of solid background oval--when stamped onto a book cover, they would be negative stamped (sails would be the color of the book cloth, rather than stamped in gilt or ink).

2020.4.51
Historic
1852 - 1971
Cambridge
Massachusetts
United States
North America
Die, Binder
Bookbinding Equipment
Printing T&E
Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication
brass die
Brass