Cleaned the little press.

[Silverbear07]

I posted a few days ago a little desktop press. I cleaned it up a bit so it did not look so rough. I was going to polish the brass, but it like the "patina" against the dark color. May cut some bronze color letters out and letter my own brand on the spine for looks.

 

[XJSuperman]

Thats a nice paperweight! Any idea what it was originally used for?

 

[Silverbear07]

I have not the slightest clue as to what it was used for. I fell in love with it when I saw it. It was on a shelf at an antique store. It may make it into my office.

 

[MShaw]

I have to wonder if it might be for something like pressing a notary seal.

 

[WisJim]

How about a picture of the pressing surface?

 

[Roberts210]

Maybe for leatherwork?

 

[Silverbear07]

I thought about the leatherwork. The press area is about 3/4 inch in diameter, round.

 

[Silverbear07]

I lettered it.

 

[Shadowdog500]

Looks like it could be an antique seal embossing press like notaries would use .

 

[Silverbear07]

That would be neat.

 

[humber2]

Small presses with a relatively large diameter tooling were used to press fabric covering onto buttons.

 

[Silverbear07]

I am thinking that it is a button press.