The summons warns of “eternal pickling” and incarceration in “Davy Jones Locker” for disobedience, and it is signed by the mock court officials Peg Leg, Assistant, and Davy Jones, Secretary. The paper has yellowed significantly with age and exhibits moderate foxing, manifesting as small brown age spots scattered across both sides.
The underlining of the letters “A” and “C” in the model designations is a distinctive period printing detail, drawing the eye to the specific variants covered. The internal views reveal a mix of instructional text and illustrative diagrams, likely rendered in a single-color line cut or halftone process, typical of economical mass-produced technical manuals of the 1910s.
The typography is confined within a ruled border, employing a serifed face for the title block that emphasizes the authoritative, scientific promise of the work.
IN QUITE GOOD CONDITION P20. Old things are rarely perfect and have been used and loved, and that is part of their charm. written on the back. HT. hand tinted. CT. collotype. CS. court size card.
The cover, printed in a restrained palette of dark ink on aged, toned paper, announces its contents with a formal, centered typographic layout. The item stands as a tangible record of the administrative machinery of employee benefits and the paternalistic culture of a bygone industrial era.
The typography is utilitarian and compact, employing a mix of serif and condensed sans-serif fonts typical of job printing from the early 1900s through the 1920s, arranged to maximize information density on a single sheet.
The typography is exclusively serif, with variations in weight and size used to create a clear hierarchy of information, and the absence of illustrations or decorative graphics underscores the purely functional, record-keeping purpose of the piece.
This item is a promotional cut-out model issued as part of the Nabisco Toytown Carnival series, specifically card number thirteen, depicting an ice cream stand. The card is part of a larger set of thirty-six models intended to assemble a complete miniature circus-carnival, including clowns, animals, side-shows, and thrilling rides.
The title, “SHAKUNTALA,” is rendered in a bold, stylized sans-serif typeface with distinctive flourishes on the initial letters, a design choice that evokes an exoticism befitting the play’s Indian origin.
The right side of the blotter advertises S. B. Ardrey & Sons, Engineers and Machinists, with George Ardrey as proprietor. The firm specialized in electric motor installations, high pressure power plant piping, and heating systems including steam, hot water, and vapor.
