Antique Boxwood Hand Carved Printing Letterpress Block Iron Age Farm Reaper, US $78.85 – Picture 0

Antique Boxwood Hand Carved Printing Letterpress Block Iron Age Farm Reaper, US $78.85 – Picture 1

Antique Boxwood Hand Carved Printing Letterpress Block Iron Age Farm Reaper

US $78.85

United States
Jan 30th

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Heartfelt thanks to all my bidders, lookers, and buyers for helping me earn a "Favorite Seller" commendation from ebay! Hi and welcome to my auction! ebay's greatest bargains are right here! I strive to put on 25 new auctions every evening (afternoons on weekends) so keep on checking back for the most unique, exotic, hard-to-find, and gorgeous vintage jewelry. Some of them are "$1.00 start" and "No Reserve"! "Some great new stuff too - mostly all made with Swarovski Austrian crystal rhinestones - at BELOW WHOLESALE prices too! If you miss a day you've missed a lot! Auctions the way they oughta be! Description: Antique (circa 1840s) printing block that was hand-carved out of genuine boxwood. This is a highly exotic and rare wood that is highly coveted and is only available in limited quantities in a few parts of the world. This piece is signed A.P.J. on the back (although with a location that is not discernable). This block depicts an antique piece of farm equipment called a reaper. This was part of the "Iron Age" line of equipment made by Bateman Manufacturing Company in Grenloch, New Jersey. It is quite detailed. This is one-of-a-kind piece and is highly collectible! Condition: Very good. The only issue is a small surface line on the back. Specifications: 1 7/8ths inches tall by 2 5/8ths inches wide. 7/8ths of an inch thick. In 1836 the Bateman Manufacturing Company started doing business in Grenloch, New Jersey. They manufactured farm and garden machinery and implements and had many innovations and inventions (including the potato planter shown above). Toward the late 1800s they started marketing these products under the name of “Iron Age.” They sold their products all over the world and marketed them through catalogues, trade journals, and other printed matter ads. To illustrate their products they relied on printing blocks which followed the same progression throughout the decades as the printing innovations – starting with hand carved boxwood blocks to stereotypes (making a mold of the engraved block in plaster and pouring in molten metal [similar to type metal] to make a cast. The cast was then mounted onto a block of wood to make the printing surface the same height as the type. Then came electrotyping with copper. A basic description of the process is as follows. The engraved surface of the woodblock was pressed into hard wax making an impression that could be used as a mold. This mold was then dusted with ‘black leading’ to provide an electrically conductive surface. The mold was placed in an electrolytic bath and a thin shell or skin of copper deposited over the surface of the mold. The copper skin was stripped off the mold, laid face down in a tray and the back filled with type metal to give it strength. The resulting metal electrotype, commonly called an electro, was then mounted onto a block of wood and printed alongside type. In this way many copies could be made and distributed of one wood-engraving. There are also “zinco’s” or zincotypes that are silvery gray in color and mounted on fine wood.. My one-of-a-kind collection contains examples from all of these techniques and these fine, all different, blocks are now being offered to the world of print block collectors, antiquities lovers, and antique farm equipment aficionados. They come directly from the stored estate of the Bateman Family in Grenoch, New Jersey. Most of the boxwood and other exotic wood came from a company called V. Grottenthaler in Philadelphia (listed in 1867 to 1876 as “manufacturers of Boxwood for engraver’s use. Some came from Carlton Engraving Co. in Worcester, MA. Some of the slighter later boxwood and other woods were stamped “C. Van Vlack Springfield, Mass. (Listed in a 1913 directory of Massachusetts businesses). For a while Bateman Mfg. operated in Torono, Canada under the name Batemen-Wilkinson. Bateman’s Iron Age transferred from them to Farquahar in York, PA around 1930. Farquahar had been selling its Iron Age implement lines for years prior to the actual buy-out and continued with various Iron Age sprayers and other equipment. Disclaimer: I have researched these blocks and guarantee them to be the real deal and the source to be without question since I personally removed them from a former very old house of Mr. Bateman after purchasing them and there was also some company literature in this stockpile. Thanks for looking/bidding. A low starting bid kicks this off and there is no reserve! Please check out my other auctions for the best deals on vintage jewelry. Plenty of good $1.00 start items so watch closely if you want great deals. Also, don't be fooled by the "dollar start," I have sold items with an assessed value of up to $90.00 for a single one dollar bid! My site is one place where you actually get more than you pay for! Try me! For all those who bid on several of my items at a time I offer limited s&h discounts (I wish I could even do more but, as you can imagine, there is "no fat" in my auctions). Here's the way it works: Take the highest of your s&h charges and then take 1/2 off each subsequent item's s&h charges and add them all together. Note: Sorry but due to rising costs I can no longer offer a combined shipping discount on items that sell for $3.00 or less. Your bid constitutes your acceptance of these terms. You will receive non-discounted invoices for s&h but either use the above formula or e-mail me with the ebay auction numbers and I will send you a combined invoice. If you are not happy with shipping & handling charges that are stated I respectfully suggest you do not bid. 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Virtually all of my new costume jewelry pieces are from suppliers who EXCLUSIVELY use Swarovski Austrian crystal rhinestones. These pieces themselves are not made by Swarovski but they contain stones that are. You will be able to tell the difference from the more generic rhinestones - I assure you! 4. INSURANCE - We recommend insuring items, we hold no liability for those that are not insured and are lost and/or damaged once package is sent. 5. PAYMENT ISSUES - Due to recent ebay policy changes, PayPal is the only form of payment that I currently accept. I reserve the right to relist any item that is not paid for within 10 days of the close of the auction. 6. FEEDBACK - Please view my feedback and bid with confidence! I also ask that if for some reason you are not happy with your product you contact me directly before leaving feedback. This is how I earn a living and I strive for positive feedback. 7. 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Condition	Used : An item that has been used previously. The item may have some signs of cosmetic wear, but is fully operational and functions as intended. This item may be a floor model or store return that has been used. See the seller’s listing for full details and description of any imperfections.
Seller Notes	“Tiny surface crack on back only - otherwise great”