The Eagle Treadle Platen

Any clues about the origins of this press, not to mention literature, would be most appreciated as it draws a complete blank when Googled.

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The only relevant search hit I get is here, where an Eagle Hawk treadle platen is listed as auctioned by the Melbourne Museum of Printing in November 2019:
http://australianletterpress.info/Museums.HTM

There were two presses called Eagle, one made in America by Dodson and the other in the UK by A. Morfitt of Nottingham.

https://letterpressprinting.com.au/page79.htm

https://www.flickr.com/photos/75606019@N08/16287916964/in/photolist-yqBZ...

This person is selling a Morfitt Eagle, he may have some information. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1052667374821966/user/1375940608/

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