Office Stamp

Stamp, Back View: The image depicts a vintage metal numbering stamp with a wooden handle, set against a background featuring a classic wooden door, a cabinet with books, and a stack of cardboard boxes. The stamp has an intricate mechanism with visible numbered wheels in a metallic casing. Its robust design, evidenced by the wear and patina, indicates it has been used extensively, probably in an office or library setting. The wooden top suggests comfort and usability, showing signs of aging with a smooth, worn texture. The numbering mechanism, with its aligned digits, suggests functionality in organizing or categorizing documents, characteristic of earlier manual systems for administration and record-keeping.
Stamp, Back View

The image depicts a vintage metal numbering stamp with a wooden handle, set against a background featuring a classic wooden door, a cabinet with books, and a stack of cardboard boxes. The stamp has an intricate mechanism with visible numbered wheels in a metallic casing. Its robust design, evidenced by the wear and patina, indicates it has been used extensively, probably in an office or library setting. The wooden top suggests comfort and usability, showing signs of aging with a smooth, worn texture. The numbering mechanism, with its aligned digits, suggests functionality in organizing or categorizing documents, characteristic of earlier manual systems for administration and record-keeping.

Name/Title

Office Stamp

Entry/Object ID

2025.29.01

Description

Number stamp for use in an office.

Use

Will stamp any number from 000000 to 999999 onto paper, cardboard, wood, cloth, or other ink-able object.

Context

For use with large objects.

Collection

General Collection

Made/Created

Manufacturer

William A. Force Company, Inc.

Time Period

20th Century

Place

City

New York, NY

Region

Northeast

Continent

North America

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Die Mark

Transcription

Made by Wm. A. Force & Company, New York & Chicago, U.S.A.

Language

English

Type

Die Mark

Transcription

Patent No. 17698177

Language

English

Type

Die Mark

Transcription

CC805392

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Stamp, Numbering

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Stamp, Marking

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Writing Devices

Nomenclature Class

Written Communication T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication

Dimensions

Height

18 in

Width

5-1/2 in

Depth

5 in

Material

Steel, Brass

Location

Location

Exhibit Room

Mill Office Exhibit Room

* Untyped Location

Main Museum Building

Category

Exhibit

Date

April 13, 2025

Condition

Overall Condition

Very Good

Date Examined

Apr 13, 2025

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Found Object

Created By

historian@millmuseum.org

Create Date

April 13, 2025

Updated By

historian@millmuseum.org

Update Date

April 13, 2025