lead piece

[buckeyehunter]

I found this yesterday at about 8 inches deep and is lead

top reads - constitution

right pillar - Wisdom

middle - justice

not sure what the left pillar says. A friend suggested for printing because the words are backwards which makes sense but where recessed on it in a couple of places are deep and look like there is detail in there but hard to tell, even if no detail in the deeep recessed, why have it recessed so deep? curious to see what you guys think it is

THANKS

 

[Tony in SC]

It does look like a piece of type that a friend of mine uses in his old printing press. It could also be a stamp?? Tony

 

[One mans trash...]

Maybe a Georgia State Seal embossing die.

 

[sanford.]

Maybe a stamp ( like that of a notary ) used for local city, county or state documents

 

[AU24K]

It does look like a piece of type that a friend of mine uses in his old printing press. It could also be a stamp?? Tony

I'm inclined to agree. Could be type for official letterheads or documents for an old letter press like a Heidelberg press. It most likely was at one time affixed to a wooden block for use in a "printing form". My guess would be early 1900's to about 1960. I used to run a Heidelberg "windmill" press and a Mergenthaler Linotype machine up into the late 70's
Scott

 

[Monty]

It's type. If a seal stamp it wouldn't be lead. Monty

 

[DrGrip]

It's type. If a seal stamp it wouldn't be lead. Monty

I agree. Type would have an even pressure distributed so lead is fine, stamps or seals would NOT have even distribution and something of this detail would have been made to last.

Grip

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Is this any better? Can you tell what it says on the left pillar? (right on this inverted pic)

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

It says MODERATION. Its the State Seal Motto of Georgia. Very nice find!
http://www.e-referencedesk.com/resources/state-motto/georgia.html

"Wisdom, Justice, and Moderation"

 

[CRUSADER]

It's type. If a seal stamp it wouldn't be lead. Monty

I know why it was thought to be lead, these stamps look very lead like, in fact I think they were a lead-alloy.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

I just realized One mans trash altready IDed this as the Georgia Seal.. I guess it pays to read every response. Why didnt you post a pic? I couldnt even see the original pic until I lightened and inverted it. But you knew what it was all along.

Maybe a Georgia State Seal embossing die.