Star Border & Rule

Assorted sizes

Box 179

Single-groove star border & rule

two sizes of star speckled rule, both with single grooves and the corners that go with the set, with annotations labeling the historically recorded names of the cuts

Star Rule No. 5

William H. Page & Company
4–line

This size single-groove, Star Rule No. 11, was first shown in the July 1873 Specimens of Wood Type manufactured by Wm. H. Page & Co.

Name used and first showing by other manufacturers:
Hamilton/ No. 25/ 1884
Morgans & Wilcox/ No. 62/ 1890
Tubbs-AWT/ No. 5/ 1883
Wells/ No. 3/ 1891

Star Rule No. 9

William H. Page & Company
1–line

This was first shown in the August 1872 Specimens of Wood Type Manufactured by Wm. H. Page & Co.

Name used and first showing by other manufacturers:
Hamilton/ No. 26/ 1884
Tubbs-AWT/ No. 9/ 1883
Wells/ No. 1/ 1891

large selection of single-groove star rule and corners from the archival box