1920s Flapper Era BUCILLA EMBROIDERY KITS Printing Plate STEREOTYPE MOLDS FLONGS

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Lot of 1920s Flapper Era BUCILLA EMBROIDERY KITS Printing Plate STEREOTYPE MOLDS FLONGS
A group of original 1920s Bucilla Embroidery and Quilting Kit advertising image molds for making metal printing plates. Also known as flongs, paper matrix, or matrices. Made of pressed card stock in Germany from the original foundry plates, these were intended to be used to make catalogs and advertising for the Bucilla products on a more local scale here in the USA. However, these do not appear to have been used. Hot plate metal (an alloy of Lead, Tin and Antimony) would be poured into a jig holding one of these molds, and after it cooled would be cut out to place into the full plate for whatever ad needed to be printed. As you can see, 4 of these sheets contain multiple images for plates, and several are just single images. The bordered flapper girl images, with their brimmed and cloche hats, are quite striking. The largest sheet measures about 12 x 10-1/2 inches — to give you some perspective on size, I have included a dollar bill in a photo. Whether you collect Bucilla memorabilia and advertising, printing history, or fashion images, these will make a unique addition to your collection.
210708 / 2471 R7/11/2021 AUS
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