Name/Title
QuoinEntry/Object ID
2001.006.003Description
Printing press quoin, consisting of a pair of steel wedges which face opposite directions. A quoin is used to lock printing type 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. Typesetting accessory, for letterpress printing. Pat. 10-9-1928. Stamped on the side is "Wickersham 3, Disk cam # 0".
