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Unique Limestone Printers Lithograph Plate (99635)

Currency:USD Category:Western Americana Start Price:50.00 USD Estimated At:100.00 - 300.00 USD
Unique Limestone Printers Lithograph Plate  (99635)
SOLD
225.00USDto m********y+ buyer's premium (56.25)
This item SOLD at 2019 Jan 25 @ 10:32UTC-8 : PST/AKDT
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Very unusual. Used as a master for printing. Includes the Mexican Mine in Virginia City and Wilmot’s Own Whiskey Bourbon out of San Francisco. Throughout the 19th century, superior quality Solenhofen limestone from Bavaria, Germany, dominated the lithographic stone trade on both sides of the Atlantic. Even when zinc and aluminum plates suitable for lithography became more available in the 1870s, Bavarian stones (imported to the United States with a tariff) continued to be the preferred printing surface. All lithographic stones and had to be polished and grained before a lithographer could begin to draw or transfer an image on it. c1885. This plate is measures 10" x 9" x 2 1/2". Weighs approximately 17 pounds. State: Nevada City: Virginia City, Storey Date: