Star Border & Rule
Assorted sizes
Box 182
Double-groove star border & rule
Star Border
William H. Page & Company
4–line
This was first shown in the July 1865 broadside Specimens of Wood Borders Manufactured by Wm. H. Page & Co. The design was renamed No. 384 after the completion of the company’s acquisition by thr Hamilton Manufacturing Company in 1891.
Name used and first showing by other manufacturers:
Morgan & Wilcox/ No. 39/ c. 1885
Tubbs-AWT/ Star Border/ 1883
Wells/ Star Border or No. 73/ 1872
Border No. 169
William H. Page & Company
4–line
This was first shown by the William H. Page Wood Type Company in James Conner’s Sons’ Typographic Messenger, vol. 8, no. 1 (Fall 1878). The design was renamed No. 317 after the completion of the company’s acquisition by the Hamilton Manufacturing Company in 1891.
Name used and first showing by other manufacturers:
Morgan & Wilcox/ No. 135/ 1890
Tubbs-AWT/ No. 1358/ c. 1903
Wells/ No. 570/ 1889
Border No. 169
William H. Page & Company
4–line
This was first shown by the William H. Page Wood Type Company in James Conner’s Sons’ Typographic Messenger, vol. 8, no. 1 (Fall 1878). The design was renamed No. 317 after the completion of the company’s acquisition by the Hamilton Manufacturing Company in 1891.
Name used and first showing by other manufacturers:
Morgan & Wilcox/ No. 135/ 1890
Tubbs-AWT/ No. 1358/ c. 1903
Wells/ No. 570/ 1889