Hell Box

Description

A receptacle into which broken or discarded type is thrown to be melted back down into molten form. The apprentice, or "printer's devil" would often be in charge of sorting the type in the hell box.

Object Name(s): hell boxes

Object Category: TYPE COMPOSITION MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT

Creator: Funditor, London, England

Linear Dimensions Depth: 35

Materials: metal
Material Part: body

Provenance Summary: Donated by Independent Newspapers Ltd. (previously The Irish Independent)

Credit Line: National Print Museum, Dublin