Name/Title
Key, QuoinEntry/Object ID
2001.006.005Description
Wrench tool, metal, hammer head handle w/ square peg at end, known as a quoin key. A quoin is used to lock printing type or letterpress in a chase, and tightened with a wrench called a quoin key. This is an accessory for the Campbell printing press manufactured in the late 1860s and used by the Wrangell Sentinel. Wickersham embossed in center. Typesetting accessory.