Perfection Printing Press

Most probably made by Wilkins Toy Company, from Keene, NH. in the 1920s. The press is blue, and has almost every part, including a chase, gripper bars to hold the paper, and a small two drawer type cabinet with some half-height type.The ink plate is homemade. Strangely, there is no mechanism for turning the ink plate with each impression.

More recently, a xerox of a page from Wilkins Model Iron and Steel Toys has been uncovered, showing the little Perfection press. The page is dated 1911, and it lists presses with a simple ink disk as "patented 10 March 1908" and presses with "automatic revolving ink plate" as patent applied for. (source: Bill Soucy, Elizabeth Harris)

I was lucky enough to find a "spare" which I keep down in the guestroom. It's missing a chase and some of the paper-holding clips, but it's not in bad shape, considering its age.