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Stamp, Marking

Object number2013.46.2

Datec. 1897

MediumWood

Credit LineGift of Ted Rimmel

DescriptionSix-sided wooden stamp. Carved backwards on obverse is the silhouette of a man in a top hat and long coat holding a cane, with facial and other slight details and text.Dimensions2.625 x 1.125 x 1 in. (6.7 x 2.9 x 2.5 cm)
InscriptionsIn center of obverse is etched backwards, "DOUBLE / X".
An "X" and several vertical lines etched on reverse side.
Historical NotesDouble X stamp featuring Charles Orton who patented and made cough drops under the Double X name, which he then sold on the streets of Pittsburgh. Orton, who sold his cough drops by the courthouse downtown, wore a signature beaver skin hat, coat, and muff and stood next to a stand advertising and selling his Double X drops. The donor is Orton's great grandson and he retained the hat, muff, and stamp, but not the stand or coat. Orton is still listed in the phone book in 1919 advertising his cough drops.

Previous owner Charles Orton

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