General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Medium brown wooden handle is heavily stained by red ink. Silver metal head and dies.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

30.7 cm

Width

12.2 cm

Height

3.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Industrial Technology

Category

Industrial equipment

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Unknown

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

This type of stamper used by federeal meat inspectors to indicate assessed grade of beef, "RED" for "Choice" grade and "BLUE" for "Good". These two grades and their coding was est'd Sept. 23, 1929 by the Canada Dept. of Agriculture, on recommendation of the Joint Beef Committee. Definitions of the grades were established, and 'official graders' trained to ensure uniformity. (Ref. 2 pp.38-39)

Function

Used to apply inked mark onto butchered meat carcass.

Technical

This style of stamper uses raised "pins" to carry vegetable-based dye which dried quickly, was permanent, and could be safely ingested by consumers.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

One die produces text stamp "RED"; the other reads "BLUE".

Missing

Appears complete.

Finish

Medium brown wooden handle is heavily stained by red ink. Silver metal head and dies.

Decoration

N/A