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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;krispy, post: 817901, member: 19065&quot;]Being that the design is reversed it has to be for imprinting on another material for the image/design to be read correctly, such as embossed paper. The plate appears to be copper with a patina. Copper plates commonly used in printing procedures such as plates mounted to type high letter press printing blocks, like those old wood and <a href="http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&amp;source=hp&amp;q=lead+type&amp;oq=&amp;um=1&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;ei=SIKAS5P9B8PVlAe33PmJBw&amp;sa=X&amp;oi=image_result_group&amp;ct=title&amp;resnum=1&amp;ved=0CBUQsAQwAA" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&amp;source=hp&amp;q=lead+type&amp;oq=&amp;um=1&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;ei=SIKAS5P9B8PVlAe33PmJBw&amp;sa=X&amp;oi=image_result_group&amp;ct=title&amp;resnum=1&amp;ved=0CBUQsAQwAA" rel="nofollow">lead type letters</a> you still see from time to time in antique shops or used decoratively now that the art form of typesetting is done primarily in digital press. <a href="http://benwells.co.uk/images/gallery/foil-blocking/plate_foiling2.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://benwells.co.uk/images/gallery/foil-blocking/plate_foiling2.jpg" rel="nofollow">1</a> <a href="http://www.divine-rudraksha.com/yantras/zoom/lakshmi_narayan.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.divine-rudraksha.com/yantras/zoom/lakshmi_narayan.jpg" rel="nofollow">2</a> <a href="http://geogregorysmart.com/yahoo_site_admin/assets/images/IMG.6102607_std.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://geogregorysmart.com/yahoo_site_admin/assets/images/IMG.6102607_std.jpg" rel="nofollow">3</a> <a href="http://geogregorysmart.com/yahoo_site_admin/assets/images/IMG_0003.6102458_std.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://geogregorysmart.com/yahoo_site_admin/assets/images/IMG_0003.6102458_std.jpg" rel="nofollow">4</a> <a href="http://neatorama.cachefly.net/images/2009-05/embossed-drawing-simon-schubert.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://neatorama.cachefly.net/images/2009-05/embossed-drawing-simon-schubert.jpg" rel="nofollow">5</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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