Stamper

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OBJECT TYPE: inspection/federal/meat
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2000.0270.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Medium brown wooden handle is stained by red ink. Silver metal head; brass colour dies.

Dimensions

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

Length: 51.6 cm
Width: 8.4 cm
Height: 3.2 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, "M" for the "manufacturing" grade of "cows" termed "canners and cutters", and "S" for "stags and bulls." These National grades established in 1947 for market classes [of] live cattle by the Livestock Inspection and Grading Service of the Dept. of Agriculture. [Ref. 2 pp. 40-41]
Function: Used to apply inked mark onto butchered meat carcass.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: One die produces text stamp "S"; the other reads "M". "2 00" and "LMD" crudely hanwritten in red ink on handle.
Missing: Appears complete, save chip missing from wooden handle near attachment point with striking head.
Finish: Medium brown wooden handle is stained by red ink. Silver metal head; brass colour dies.
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Stamper, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 2000.0270, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2000.0270.001/

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