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Sun, Jun 24, 12 at 23:42
| PURCHASED THIS AT A LOCAL FLEAMARKET - MARKED AS AN ENGRAVING PLATE
I CANNOT FIND ANY INFO ONLINE, AND WAS LOOKING FOR A ESTIMATED VALUE IT IS APPROX 9" AND HAS A HANDLE ON OTHER SIDE ANYONE EVER SEEN ONE OF THESE, AND HAVE SOME REFRANCE TO SHARE? |
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| I believe it's a wall paper printer....likely made in India...or Phillipines.....used to make patterns on walls.... |
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- Posted by lazygardens (My Page) on Mon, Jun 25, 12 at 16:41
| it's a "batik stamp" You dip the stamp in hot wax resist and stamp the cloth, then the next step is to dye the cloth. |
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| I have a couple of these. Yes, batik stamps. I bought mine at the Field Museum, after a batik exhibition. You see them in wood, too, though I love the copper ones. Take a fine needlenose pliers (no teeth) and straigthen out those bent pieces, and show it off! |
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