AQS257142 Composing sticks (metal) by American School, (18th century); American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; (add.info.: instrument used in printing and typesetting, usually made of metal, which the compositor holds in his left hand, and in which he arranges the type into words and lines the desired width of the column;); 穢 Courtesy, American Antiquarian Society ; American, out of copyright.