Monotype Moulds in Wooden Boxes

Description

Wooden boxes containing moulds for the Monotype Composition Caster. These moulds injected hot-metal into the corresponding matrices to produce slugs.

Object Name(s): mould 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