Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- Set of engraving blocks, about 146, in a corrugated, hard plastic case with lid, accompanies 2019.0306.01, the New Hermes Corp. engravo-graph. Blocks are of letters and numbers.
- Used by Lillian Vernon with her monogramming machine.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- maker
- New Hermes, Inc.
- date made
- 1950s circa
- Credit Line
- Fred P. Hochberg and David C. Hochberg
- Physical Description
- plastic (container material)
- metal (blocks material)
- Measurements
- overall: 1 3/4 in x 9 1/2 in x 10 in; 4.445 cm x 24.13 cm x 25.4 cm
- Object Name
- blocks, engraving
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