Piedmont 150 plate scratch(es) progress II

[steve B]

The scan above may not show it on some monitors.

This one should be a bit clearer. One of the Cobb bat on cards.



The plates have a surface that retains water and the image is put on with a medium that repels water but would hold oil. When the surface gets scratched the scratch can hold some ink and will usually print.

You can actually make a lithograph using a piece of paper,crayon, a roller and some oily ink. Not a good or detailed lithograph, but something.

Steve B

[AndyG09]

Steve,

I have a Keeler with bat that I will dig out this weekend. A P 150 with a decent scratch on it. Great work on this project.

Best,

Andy

[wonkaticket]

Chris, good eye I pointed this out to a friend not long ago you will also notice the bleed into the design on the back, as well as the bleed into the "o" and "0"'s in the text in the factory line section on the bottom.

I've owned 2 Magies one had this the other did not, I have seen a few others as well with the back like the above.

John

[Jantz]

Steve

Interesting thread!

I'll keep the scans coming if you want me to. Heres a few more.

Durham & Lake NY


Jantz

[T206Collector]

The Seymour and Criss pairing is pretty amazing.

I have to say that I find this MUCH more persuasive than theories of sheets. It is almost like the scratched plate is the T206 Rosetta Stone!

I will forever now be obsessed with finding P150s with scratched on them. If only I had paid more attention when I built my Momster a few years ago. The SGC 10 Magie above was once mine, and I never even bothered to look at the back much. Was too focused on the "i"

Great work! Please keep it up!

[HOF Auto Rookies]

Have there been any known plates to exist that have survived?

[steve B]

Originally Posted by HOF Auto Rookies

Have there been any known plates to exist that have survived?

Not for T206. If there were any survivors we'd have fewer discussions about sheet size. And probably more about exact sheet layouts.

The plates were most likely the stone versions, which normally got resurfaced and reused as soon as the job was done or they became too worn.


Steve B

[steve B]

Originally Posted by Jantz

Steve

Interesting thread!

I'll keep the scans coming if you want me to. Heres a few more.

Durham & Lake NY


Jantz

Thanks Jantz,

I have both of those, but those are better scans. Keep em coming, even duplicates are good.

Front scans would also be a bit of help. The next step is comparing fronts to see if they're always the same for each back. Different ones would show the same subject being in the same spot on more than one sheet. That's obviously a much bigger project.

Steve B