Monotype Die Cases, Sorts Cases

Description

Small wooden boxes, each of which contains a Monotype die case. Some of these die cases contain matrices for a particular font of lettering which could be inserted into the Monotype Composition Caster to produce type.

Object Name(s): die-case boxes

Object Category: TYPE COMPOSITION MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT

Materials: wood
Material Part: boxes

Provenance Summary: Donated by Conrad Devlin, 1993. (Check - probably)

Credit Line: National Print Museum, Dublin