American Babcock Printing Co Ltd Paperweight c1882

This is a Rare Original American Produced Victorian Paperweight c1882.

Advertising the "Dispatch" Double Feed Printing Press, (Patented Sept. 5, 1882, Barnes & Abrams Co., Syracuse, New York).

it was produced for the Babcock Printing Press Manufacturing Co Ltd, who were based in The Tribune Building, New York, and in New London, Connecticut.

The item dates Circa 1882 and measures 4" (10cm) wide. 

Aside from one very tiny nibble (negligable), it is in Excellent Condition, showing Very Little Signs of Wear and displays Wonderfully!