"2" Challenge Quoin
Credit LineGift of the Faculty of Arts, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, 2002
Object number2002.017.016
Label TextQuoins are used to lock printing type in a chase in letterpress printing. They are shaped like wedges, and come in pairs, facing opposite directions. They are wrenched together to secure type and furniture inside a chase when creating letterpress formes.
NameQuoin
McClary Manufacturing
c. 1920s
