So crazy things are happening in my life right now. My mom's cousin was at a flea market in Bloomington, IL and stumbled across this sweet little monster. He said it was hanging out with some orange crates like it wasn't the biggest deal ever. It's a Golding & Company Pearl Press. The patents on the front of it read November 2, 1882, December 20, 1879 and December 2, 1873. It needs new rollers, a chase, and probably Illinois's entire supply of rust remover, but I am so ready for the challenge.
UPDATE: So this actually isn't a tabletop press at all! In my quest to find out exactly what make and model it was I discovered that this actually used to sit on a piece of furniture and was treadle powered. Now comes the search to find the missing pieces!
1 comment:
You are correct about the Pearl. Yours was designed to be treadle driven and sitting on a base. Your press however has had its flywheel replaced with a smaller one so it could be used as a tabletop. Originally, the very first ones were also tabletops and had side handles to pull. So, you could just restore this press and use it as a very unusual tabletop with a flywheel to turn instead of a handle to pull.
John
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