Toggle Press for Electrotype Molds

Three-quarter view of a press for electrotype molds as marketed by Hoe & Co. in 1881 and priced at $325. The catalog describes the press and its purpose as follows:

To make the impression of the form in the wax, a great and steady pressure is needed. To give this, there may be employed either a "toggle" press or a "hydraulic" press.
The "toggle" press consists, in one form, of a massive frame, having a planed bed, over which is a fixed head. There is a projecting table, on which the form and case may be arranged before sliding them in to receive the pressure, which is put upon them by raising the bed by means of the screw and two toggles.