{"product_id":"vintage-french-restaurant-date-stamp-brass-wood","title":"Vintage French Restaurant Date Stamp, Brass and Wood","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe die names a Paris restaurant and the square it stood on, beside the Opera Comique in the second arrondissement. The year band runs across three decades, which means this stamp sat on that counter through the Occupation and the Liberation of the city. It is still fully adjustable and it still stamps. It comes with a fresh inked impression so you can read exactly what it says.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e[d]Dimensions | 7.75 in. L x 4.5 in. W x 1.75 in. D\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e[d]Surface | Patina and handling marks to the metal, old ink in the die, and a handle worn smooth with use. Uncleaned\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e[d]Primary Material | Nickel plated brass frame\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e[d]Period | Vintage\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e[d]Date | Circa 1920s, in use through at least the 1940s. The year band runs 1920 to 1949 inclusive, and makers cut bands starting at or near the year of manufacture, which puts manufacture in the early 1920s. A shop could have bought a stamp mid span, so this is the defensible phrasing rather than a hard year\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e[d]Origin | France, Paris\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e[d]Style or Movement | Early twentieth century French commercial equipment\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e[d]Also Known As | timbre dateur, dater, date stamp\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e[d]Maker, Mark, or Attribution | The stamp maker is not identified. The die names the customer, Restaurant Tremeur of Place Boieldieu, Paris, which is a different party from whoever manufactured the stamp\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e[d]Marks | Die reads RESTAURANT, TREMEUR, then the adjustable date, then an address line reading Place Boieldieu. A bottom line is not yet resolved\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e[d]Construction or Technique | Screw press action with knurled brass thumbwheels driving inset rotating date bands against a fixed moulded rubber die, under a turned pear shaped wooden handle\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e[d]Secondary Material | Moulded rubber die, turned wood handle\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e[condition]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eStill fully adjustable and still stamps. Honest wear throughout with patina and handling marks to the metal, old ink in the die and a smoothly worn handle. The thumbwheels turn and the bands set. Sold with a fresh inked impression. Please review all photographs closely, as they form part of this description.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Austyn Marie Design","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51844460675350,"sku":"CCC-90057","price":105.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0896\/4623\/5926\/files\/DSA09266.jpg?v=1789587481","url":"https:\/\/austyn-marie.myshopify.com\/products\/vintage-french-restaurant-date-stamp-brass-wood","provider":"Austyn Marie Design","version":"1.0","type":"link"}