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Re: MYSTERY STEEL BLOCK.
« Reply #9 on: Tuesday 11 April 17 22:31 BST (UK) »
Thank you all for suggestions  :).Aghadowey it was in a box of bits from an ancient relative .Pretty sure it is at least a hundred years old or more. The fact it has a spigot indicates to me it was to fit to some type of press. Other than that I am still none the wiser . If it was one half of a die set I am sure there would have to be locator pins or pegs to ensure alignement.
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Re: MYSTERY STEEL BLOCK.
« Reply #10 on: Tuesday 11 April 17 22:33 BST (UK) »
Following my earlier post, a simple explanation of a embossing machine, and the die sets used; https://youtu.be/8OUmI4-NNy8
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Re: MYSTERY STEEL BLOCK.
« Reply #11 on: Tuesday 11 April 17 22:35 BST (UK) »
Although it might have been used in something like this; http://cdn.loc.gov/service/pnp/nclc/05100/05165v.jpg
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  WILSON;-Wiltshire.
 SOUL;-Gloucestershire.
 SANSUM;-Berkshire-Wiltshire
 BASSON-BASTON;- Berkshire,- Oxfordshire.
 BRIDGES;- Wiltshire.
 DOWDESWELL;-Wiltshire,Gloucestershire
 JORDAN;- Berkshire.
 COX;- Berkshire.
 GOUDY;- Suffolk.
 CHATFIELD;-Sussex-- London
 MORGAN;-Blaenavon-Abersychan
 FISHER;- Berkshire.
 BLOMFIELD-BLOOMFIELD-BLUMFIELD;-Suffolk.
DOVE. Essex-London
YOUNG-Berkshire
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Re: MYSTERY STEEL BLOCK.
« Reply #12 on: Tuesday 11 April 17 23:03 BST (UK) »
I think it's not the Irish harp, rather a harp with cherub has musical connections.

Possibly a master die used to make impressions on lead sheet for use in a printing press.

Mike


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Re: MYSTERY STEEL BLOCK.
« Reply #13 on: Tuesday 11 April 17 23:57 BST (UK) »
I think it's not the Irish harp, rather a harp with cherub has musical connections.

Possibly a master die used to make impressions on lead sheet for use in a printing press.

Mike

It's the Irish harp, the old one.

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Re: MYSTERY STEEL BLOCK.
« Reply #14 on: Wednesday 12 April 17 00:14 BST (UK) »
I think it's not the Irish harp, rather a harp with cherub has musical connections.

Possibly a master die used to make impressions on lead sheet for use in a printing press.

Mike

Irish Free State emblem!!

The Green harp flag, first used by Owen Roe O'Neill in 1642.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Ireland
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« Reply #15 on: Wednesday 12 April 17 00:25 BST (UK) »
Are there letters here??  A rubbing could be interesting!!
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Re: MYSTERY STEEL BLOCK.
« Reply #16 on: Wednesday 12 April 17 00:30 BST (UK) »
As it's an official looking thing, could it have been used to impress into a wax seal?
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Re: MYSTERY STEEL BLOCK.
« Reply #17 on: Wednesday 12 April 17 01:10 BST (UK) »
I think it's not the Irish harp, rather a harp with cherub has musical connections.

Possibly a master die used to make impressions on lead sheet for use in a printing press.

Mike

It is the British royal arms version of the arms of Ireland - a harp. That the harp is depicted as "singing" (the winged female figure) is a matter of artistic choice. This choice is frequency made in depictions of the British royal arms, but never in the version used by the Irish state. 
The arms are surmounted by the crest of Ireland, the castle, and surrounded by the collar and badge of the order of St. Patrick - the Irish equivalent of the English order of the Garter, during English rule.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Ireland
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