Diamond Borders

Assorted sizes

Box 184

Double-groove & groove-less diamond borders

three sizes of decorative diamond themed borders, with annotations labeling the historically recorded names of the cuts

Border No. 181

The Hamilton Manufacturing Company
3–line

This was first shown in the Hamilton Manufacturing Company’s September 1891 Specimens of Wood Type and Borders.

Border No. 279

The William H. Page Wood Type Company
3–line

This was first shown in the January 1887 The Wm. H. Page Wood Type Co. … Manufacturers of Wood Type, Borders, Rule, Reglet, Quoins, Furniture &c. The design was renamed No. 278 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 No. 1369.

Border No. 176

The Hamilton Manufacturing Company
2–line

This was first shown in the Hamilton Manufacturing Company’s September 1891 Specimens of Wood Type and Borders and was renamed No. 299 in the company’s 1906 Catalog No. 16, Specimens of Wood Type.