Fancy Ornaments & Stars

Fancy Ornament No. 9

Hamilton & Baker
8–line

This was first shown in Hamilton & Baker’s 1887 Specimen’s of Holly Wood Type.

The Tubbs Manufacturing Company also showed this ornament in its c. 1906 Wood Type and Borders Catalogue Number Five, as Tubbs Space Ornament No.66.

Space Ornament No. 1

The William H. Page Wood Type Company
10–line

This was first shown in the William H. Page Wood Type Company’s January 1887 specimen catalog. The design was renamed Fancy Ornament No. 26 by the Hamilton Manufacturing Company after the completion of its acquisition in 1891 of the William H. Page Wood Type Company.

Space Ornament No. 7

The William H. Page Wood Type Company
10–line

This was first shown in the William H. page Wood Type Company’s January 1887 specimen catalog. The design was renamed Fancy Ornament No. 28 after the completion of the company’s acquisition by the Hamilton Manufacturing Company.

Name used and first showing by other manufacturers:
Tubbs-AWT/ End Piece No. 9/ c. 1903
Wells/ End Piece Ornament No. 122/ 1891

Fancy Ornament No. 4

Hamilton & Baker
6–line

This was first shown in Hamilton & Baker’s 1887 Specimens of Holly Wood Type.

The Tubbs Manufacturing Company also showed this ornament in its c.1906 Wood Type and Borders Catalogue Number Five, as Tubbs Space Ornament No. 60.

Ornament No. 31

Morgans & Wilcox Manufacturing Company
5–line

This was first shown in Morgans & Wilcox’s c.1885 Condensed Specimen Book of Wood Type. The design was renamed Fancy Ornament No. 82 by the Hamilton Manufacturing Company after its acquisition of Morgans & Wilcox Manufacturing Company’s wood type factory in 1897.

Space Ornament No. 8

The William H. Page Wood Type Company
4–line

This was first shown in the Williams H. Page Wood Type Company’s January 1887 specimen catalog. The design was renamed Fancy Ornament No. 36 after the completion of the company’s acquisition by the Hamilton Manufacturing Company in 1891.

Name used and first showing by other manufacturers:
Tubbs-AWT/ End Piece No. 14/ c.1903
Wells/ End Piece Ornament No. 120/ 1891

Space Ornament No. 18

The William H. Page Wood Type Company
6–line

This was first shown in the William H. Page Wood Type Company’s January 1887 specimen catalog. The design was renamed Fancy Ornament No. 38 after the completion of the company’s acquisition by the Hamilton Manufacturing Company.

Name used and first showing by other manufacturers:
Morgans & Wilcox/ Ornament No. 14/ 1890
Tubbs-AWT/ End Piece No. 12/ c.1903

Space Ornament No. 6

The William H. Page Wood Type Company
6–line

This was first shown in the William H. Page Wood Type Company’s January 1887 specimen catalog. The design was renamed Fancy Ornament No. 25 after the completion of the company’s acquisition by the Hamilton Manufacturing Company in 1891.

Tubbs & Company also showed this ornament in its c.1903 Tubbs Wood Type as End Piece No.13.

Fancy Ornament No. 105

The Hamilton Manufacturing Company
4–line

This was first shown in the Hamilton Manufacturing Company’s 1906 Catalog No. 16, Specimens of Wood Type.

End Piece Ornament No. 94

Heber Wells
6–line

This was first shown in Heber Wells’s 1891 Specimens of Wood Type. The design was renamed No.144 and No. 141 (which indicated the separate left and right orientations of the design) by the Hamilton Manufacturing Company after its acquisition of Heber Wells in August 1899 after that company declared bankruptcy in July of that year.

Star No. 6

Hamilton & Baker
10–line

First shown in Hamilton & Baker’s 1887 Specimens of Holly Wood Type.

Star No. 7

Hamilton & Baker
6–line

First shown in Hamilton & Baker’s May 1887 Specimens of Holly Wood Type.

Name used and first showing by other manufacturers:
Page/ No. 8/ October 1887
Wells/ No. 52/ 1891