On 2017-10-19 3:31 PM, Peter Marquis-Kyle wrote:
>> When I visited Remscheid, the Werkzeugmuseum had these wood block 
>> engravings on display, along with salesman's samples. I suspect they 
>> were provided by the manufacturers.
>>
>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/33057984@N.../5855947254/in/album-7215
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>
>
> Those are not wood engravings, though they may be derived from wood 
> engravings. My guess is that they are stereotypes, cast in metal from 
> original wood engravings. If that is what they are, it could have been 
> that the tool manufacturer commissioned wood engravings (which are 
> laborious and costly to make) from which multiple stereotypes were 
> made for printing catalogues and magazine advertisements.
>
> If they are not stereos made from wood engravings, they could be line 
> blocks made by photo-engraving from ink drawings.


Oops! They're not wooden, they're attached to wood.

Zooming in on the original photo I can see evidence of their attachment 
to a wooden block. As I know nothing about printing, and Peter knows 
much more than that, I'll send him a copy of the photo so he can maybe 
tell us more.


Don

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