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<p>[QUOTE="springfld.arsenal, post: 101671, member: 54"]Think you are right, and the stuff that looks like lead is really stereo metal, much harder than pure lead. Even though the process is hundreds of years old, since it is still in use, the history of the process doesn't help much to date that particular plate. I think the best way would be to take a good look at the wood block and guess its age, since as far as I know the plate was attached to the block and when it wore out or that printing job was done, the block and plate were discarded together, or maybe the metal would be recycled. I'd look for a 19th or 20th C. edition of a book which contained that excerpt-if you type part of it into search on Google Books, you might find the book. My personal opinion is that the plate is 20th C.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="springfld.arsenal, post: 101671, member: 54"]Think you are right, and the stuff that looks like lead is really stereo metal, much harder than pure lead. Even though the process is hundreds of years old, since it is still in use, the history of the process doesn't help much to date that particular plate. I think the best way would be to take a good look at the wood block and guess its age, since as far as I know the plate was attached to the block and when it wore out or that printing job was done, the block and plate were discarded together, or maybe the metal would be recycled. I'd look for a 19th or 20th C. edition of a book which contained that excerpt-if you type part of it into search on Google Books, you might find the book. My personal opinion is that the plate is 20th C.[/QUOTE]
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