Image Plate

[Ripcon]

I found this image plate at an old home site in central Mississippi. It has been suggested that this piece was used to impress thin metal into 3-D raised images. This one features an unknown male figure.

 

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[whistler84]

You can try an ink roll and press it onto some paper, to see what shows thru

 

[Ripcon]

You can try an ink roll and press it onto some paper, to see what shows thru

I pressed it with molding clay and got a good image. There is some damage to the piece on the face which is probably why it was discarded.

 

[A2coins]

That's a cool piece I love stuff like that. Well done

 

[Ripcon]

This plate wasn't meant to be a printing plate. If it was it would be raised and not depressed.
However, it has been suggested that it was probably meant to serve as a mold for a printing plate. The man featured is advertising(?) a celluloid collar. You can see the collar wrapping around the man's image.