Hills & Winship business card
Contributed by Richard Sheaff
on Apr 25th, 2026. Artwork published in
circa 1832
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Photo: Richard Sheaff. License: All Rights Reserved.
Business card (4⅝″×2½″) by Hills & Winship, manufacturers of “bench and moulding planes of every description”. A quick dig finds that this partnership likely began in 1832, the assumed date that this business card was created. The 18pt Caslon Italian line at the top has especially crisp edges all around, clearly from metal type, perhaps brand new type.
2 Comments on “Hills & Winship business card”
Thank you, Richard.
The Fat Face probably is Bruce Roman with Italic. This face with similarities to the British Thorowgood was shown by George Bruce’s Son & Co. in New York in 1828.
Bruce also had an Italian – see this comparison to Caslon’s cut. The formal script typeface is yet unidentified.
“Springfield, Mass.” is set in a formal script that was shown by the Boston Type Foundry in 1856 under the generic name Great Primer Script. By 1860, it was listed as Great Primer Script, No. 1, to distinguish it from other designs with the same descriptor.