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wdt_ID Frame type Model Manufacturer Date of manufacture Date of manufacture 2 Serial n° Impression mechanism Platen size (WxL cm) Bed size (WxL cm) Owner City (owner) Country (owner) Photo Remarks Wilkes page Press owner (if different) Verified Loc # DB file
8689 Miscellaneous Albion Cope 161 chill Museum of Transport & Technology Auckland New Zealand F 24 OW
8690 Wooden Improved Common Genard/Paris 1786 screw 5-1/2x7-3/4 7x9-1/2 National Museum of American History Washington United States F T 4 NA
8691 Stanhope Walker 1804 0 lever-screw 60.3x89.3 Salford Museum & Art Gallery Salford UK T Staple thicker above legs 76 39 EU
8692 Stanhope Walker 1804 5 lever-screw Gunnersbury Park Museum London UK T 'used by Chiswick Press', oldest surviving 76 318 EU
8693 Stanhope Walker 1805 160 lever-screw 48.3x63.5 Birmingham Museum of Science & Discovery Birmingham UK T 76 9 EU
8694 Stanhope Walker 1805 234 lever-screw 57x84 Science Museum London UK T from OUP; (in storage 5/2016) 76 29 EU
8695 Stanhope Walker 1805 67 lever-screw Beamish: Living Museum of the North County Durham UK T ex-Middlesbrough 76 314 EU
8696 Wooden Common Adam Ramage 1806 492 screw The International Printing Museum Carson United States T T 1 NA
8697 Acorn Stanhope Walker 1810 439 compound lever/screw 24x36 The International Printing Museum Carson United States F T 1 NA
8698 Stanhope Stanhope 1813 lever-screw Toppan Printing Museum Tokyo Japan F 6 OW
8699 Stanhope Stanhope Walker 1813 108 lever-screw Wai-te-ata Press, Victoria University Wellington New Zealand T 16 OW
8700 Wooden Common Adam Ramage 1814 371 screw (3-1/2' D) 18-1/2x23-7/8 (repro) 23-5/8x29-3/4 (iron plate 19-1/2x25-3/8) Juniata College Huntingdon United States T from Frank King, son of Christian King G14 F 100 NA
8701 Columbian George Clymer 1818 13 compound lever 57.2x85 Ian Stephens Northampton UK T bed 62.2x82.5 118 154 EU
8702 Harp Columbian George Clymer 1818 10 compound lever PrintMac Co - Paul Carthew Smithfield, NSW Australia F 71 OW
8703 Columbian George Clymer 1819 25 compound lever Simpson Printer Wiltshire UK T 118 155 EU
8704 Columbian George Clymer 1819 23 compound lever Privately owned 10156 UK F 118 156 EU
8705 Columbian George Clymer 1820 47 compound lever 57x82 Watford Museum Hertfordshire UK T bar near side 118 43 EU
8706 Stanhope J. Brooks 1820 lever-screw Nick Hand Bristol UK F supposedly only known surviving Brooks 76 99 EU
8707 Wooden Proof/Foolscap Adam Ramage 1820 screw The International Printing Museum Carson United States F T 1 NA
8708 Harp Columbian George Clymer 1821 compound lever 20x26 Ted Salkin/Prime, Inc. Healdsburg United States T T 151 NA
8709 Columbian George Clymer 1822 144 compound lever 50.2x67.3 St. Bride Library London UK T 118 30 EU
8710 Columbian George Clymer 1822 0 compound lever 50x87 Cambridge University Press Museum Cambridge UK T bed 56x87; bar far side 118 83 EU
8711 Harp Columbian George Clymer? 1822 compound lever 22x33 The International Printing Museum Carson United States T T 1 NA
8712 Columbian George Clymer 1823 169 compound lever Patrick Goossens, Letterkunde Press Antwerp Belgium T bar far side 118 105 EU
8713 Columbian George Cymer 1823 149 compound lever Howard & Hargreaves Lancashire UK F listed 1979 by Moran 118 219 EU
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A note on the difference between Press type and Model

The difference between Press type and Model is subtle (perhaps even in some cases imaginary!).
Press type refers principally to the shape or form of the frame: for example ‘acorn’, ‘harp’, ‘columbian’ or ‘stanhope’.
Model refers to the commonly-used nomenclature of generic press types: such as ‘common’, ‘Dingler’, ‘Smith’, ‘Hagar’.
Rather confusingly, some terms are used to describe both frame shapes and generic models: ‘columbian’, ‘stanhope’, ‘washington’, for example.

Frame shapes evolved in iron presses, especially in the USA, from ‘acorn’ with variations, to ‘H’ or ‘rectangular’ like the traditional American Washington-style frame which was extensively copied in Europe as well as in North America with several different toggle systems. The Washington hand press, however, is defined by its unique toggle and no known European hand press copied that toggle exactly except for one German maker who copied Shniedewend’s Reliance exactly, so if the Press type is given as Washington then it is almost certain it is American.
Model is a more general descriptor. Stanhopes were made by probably a couple of dozen European manufacturers, and Dingler was both a manufacturer and a model style that was copied by others as of course was the Washington in the US (nearly every hand press maker in the US built Washington hand presses). To add to the confusion, many American inventors devised different toggle systems and issued them in the Rust-invented Washington-style frame.