Man dressed up in coat...printing plate or something else?

Squeaker · Oct 20, 2018

I was going through the scrap pile and saw that there was a design on the front. After much cleaning I was finally able to orientate it the right direction and figured out it was a man in a dress coat/tuxedo. It feels fairly heavy. I’m not sure if it is heavy aluminum cast or light lead. Any thoughts?

dlax · Oct 20, 2018

Yes and cover it in flour, brush off and see what additional details you can bring out.

Squeaker · Oct 20, 2018

dlax said:
Yes and cover it in flour, brush off and see what additional details you can bring out.

Awesome! I’ll try to pick some flour up tomorrow and post some pictures.

HannibalNectar · Oct 21, 2018

Its probably tin/pewter or lead.

If its lead or pewter white metal, then it is not a printing plate. That would be to soft of a metal.
What you have there is a lead toy stamp to make paper dolls.
I found one before and researched it. They were a popular toy. Mine was 5 inches&had writing punched into the back with a nail. It had a name and something about being won at the fair on the back.

3.14R8 · Oct 21, 2018

HannibalNectar said:
Its probably tin/pewter or lead.

If its lead or pewter white metal, then it is not a printing plate. That would be to soft of a metal.
What you have there is a lead toy stamp to make paper dolls.
I found one before and researched it. They were a popular toy. Mine was 5 inches&had writing punched into the back with a nail. It had a name and something about being won at the fair on the back.

I found something very similar today. When I got home I get on the forum and this thread and post is up. Thanks for the ID Hannibal. The one I found looks like an Egyptian, i was thinking printing plate but it is soft and I found it at some old fairgrounds. I love this forum!
Any Idea of when these were a popular toy?

3.14R8 · Oct 21, 2018

Congrats on a cool find Squeaker!

Squeaker · Oct 21, 2018

HannibalNectar said:
Its probably tin/pewter or lead.

If its lead or pewter white metal, then it is not a printing plate. That would be to soft of a metal.
What you have there is a lead toy stamp to make paper dolls.
I found one before and researched it. They were a popular toy. Mine was 5 inches&had writing punched into the back with a nail. It had a name and something about being won at the fair on the back.

Oh your’s looks a lot cooler! You a can actually make out her face.

Thanks for the info.

Squeaker · Oct 21, 2018

3.14R8 said:
Congrats on a cool find Squeaker!

Thank you much!

As far as age...I would think around 1920’s. Especially if your stamp has an Egyptian. Everyone’s became interested/obsessed with Egyptian stuff after Howard Carter opened up King Tut’s tomb.

I could be off too, but that’s my guess.

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