Originally posted by Parallax Cast iron trivet?
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Originally posted by Riggomatic Interesting. Been racking my brain on this one.
My guess is a Hallmark/wax press?
No, but close in some ways, it's called a "cut" in old fashioned printing, more often called a die today. Several years ago as a hobby I owned a Kelsey platen press, and hand set and fed printing press. You set the type and everything by hand, if you needed a graphic, you would have your drawing or photo and send it off to be made. They would make it from metal and mount it to a wooden block, the same height as type. This particular one was for a friend's "business card". I didn't realize I still had it since I sold the press years ago. You could make beautiful printing on the press, but it was very labor intensive. I actually sold some specially printed products but was getting so much business it was no longer fun.