Live auction - Lot 453
[Bookbinding equipment]
Set of gilding fillets, pallets, and fleurons.
[19th-20th c.]
Hammer price: €
400
€ 100 / 150
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Lot description
Brass tools, various sizes, all fitted on wooden handles (some sl. used).
In two boxes. Good condition, some pcs near mint.
Content: 3 fleurons (2 Rougier & Plé), 8 pallets (fillet, double fillet, decorative strips...; 1 from a Danish manufacture), 2 roller fillets (in own box), 3 lettering pallets (1 with seized screw).
Joined: 2 typesetter composing sticks. [20th c.]. Steel, ± 25 x 3,5 cm. Marks Plantin and Van Loey-Nouri (some light oxidation spotting). (18 pcs)