Composing stick
Category
Wooden objects
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wood
Measurements
57 mm (H); 520 mm (W); 22 mm (D)
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Gray's Printing Press, County Tyrone
NT 154328
Summary
One of two wooden composing sticks, can also be called setting or, if larger in size, poster sticks. It is a hand piece used to hold type when lifting it from the case whilst forming words and sentences for the job.