Platen Press Museum
A Cowper Parlour Printing Press. This is #4 by Paul Nash’s count. Manufactured in the UK starting in 1839, these presses could produce a small sheet and were meant for parlour entertainment: for a household to produce menus, calling cards, etc. Only a handful of Cowper’s remain. Two are in the Type Archive in London, which I saw. The cabinet in the background on a shelf is possibly even rarer: it was the type and material cabinet on which a Cowper’s Press rested.
Platen Press Museum
A Cowper Parlour Printing Press. This is #4 by Paul Nash’s count. Manufactured in the UK starting in 1839, these presses could produce a small sheet and were meant for parlour entertainment: for a household to produce menus, calling cards, etc. Only a handful of Cowper’s remain. Two are in the Type Archive in London, which I saw. The cabinet in the background on a shelf is possibly even rarer: it was the type and material cabinet on which a Cowper’s Press rested.