✅ SOLVED Type block?

[Noah_D]

I found this little thing during a quick 25 minute hunt at an 1870 house. Any ideas on what it could be and how old it is? I showed it to a few people who suggested type block of some sort for a printing press but why would it have a square around the outside of the X? Thanks!

 

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[ARC]

To me it looks like a printing press block.

 

[pepperj]

Cool type block
X marks the spot.

 

[Noah_D]

Thanks guys, the square outlining the X is the same height as the X itself. Could this be a special character? Possibly just very worn?

 

[Retired Sarge]

Thanks guys, the square outlining the X is the same height as the X itself. Could this be a special character? Possibly just very worn?

Could have been used to show how to properly marked a box on a form, ballet, etc. Think about modern forms, now they show the proper and improper way to fill in a bubble.

Could have been used to show what features came on a product versus a competitors product, sort of like a spec sheet.

There are so many possibilities, they are endless.......

 

[Noah_D]

Thanks guys! I appreciate your answers!