Composing Stick
Maker and role
J G Schelter and Giesecke, Manufacturer
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Object detail
Accession number
2007.36
Description
German silver composing stick with dark coloured metal sliding block. On the top of the sliding stick is an unknown symbol consisting of a hammer and a triangle in a star shape. The symbol is repeated again at the far end.
Brief History
Composing sticks are a tray-like tool used in letterpress printing and typesetting to assemble pieces of type into words and lines.
The manufacturers of this printing stick, J.G. Schelter & Giesecke, was a German type foundry and manufacturer of printing presses established in Leipzig in 1819 by Johann Schelter and Christian Giesecke.
This one was used from 1942 to 1956 by an employee of Abel Dykes Ltd in the firm’s Composing Room. Established on Auckland’s Shortland Street in 1887, the firm worked in printing, engraving, bookbinding, and the manufacture and wholesale of stationery.
The manufacturers of this printing stick, J.G. Schelter & Giesecke, was a German type foundry and manufacturer of printing presses established in Leipzig in 1819 by Johann Schelter and Christian Giesecke.
This one was used from 1942 to 1956 by an employee of Abel Dykes Ltd in the firm’s Composing Room. Established on Auckland’s Shortland Street in 1887, the firm worked in printing, engraving, bookbinding, and the manufacture and wholesale of stationery.
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T. G. Etched
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Credit Line
J G Schelter and Giesecke. Composing Stick, 2007.36. The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).
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