Some kind of stamp?

[fd3615]

Today I was hunting at an old school site circa 1890's. I got a strong dime singnal ( 3/28 ) at 12 inches.. thinking it was going to be another soda can i reluctantly dug it.

it is some kind of a stamp. The first two pictures are the item as it looks to the eye. The third picture i flipped and rotated so you can read the words.

Any ideas what clothing co this is from.?? What it was used to mark?

Found in Vacaville CA

 

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[dg39]

You have some old fashioned type used in a printing press. The type was cast from a lead alloy and pressed on the paoper with ink on the type. There are still a few of these presses in operation. Its slow and the type normally has to be set by hand. Sometimes if it were an adv. for a national company, they would send the printer a mold and the lead was cast into the mold to make a plate. (that looks like what you might have.)
DG

 

[CRUSADER]

You have some old fashioned type used in a printing press. The type was cast from a lead alloy and pressed on the paoper with ink on the type. There are still a few of these presses in operation. Its slow and the type normally has to be set by hand. Sometimes if it were an adv. for a national company, they would send the printer a mold and the lead was cast into the mold to make a plate. (that looks like what you might have.)
DG

Yeap, I've had quite a few individual letters & pieces of mould like this. Printed on paper & seem to be for an advertising leaflet.

 

[history hunter]

Very interesting find! I found a large piece with a story about Henry Ford and one advertising National biskits and peaches. WTG

 

[BioProfessor]

I found some in the UK. If it is lead and the lettering reversed, it is from a printing press plate. If you could ink it and roll a piece of paper on it to get the impression, it makes a good addition to a display of your finds.

Daryl