Patent model for leather bound case
- Description (Brief)
- This patent model demonstrates an invention for a mail box providing a "strong, light, durable, and convenient box or trunk for the transporation of letters and other matter." The invention was granted patent number 9253.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- case, leather bound
- patent model
- date made
- ca 1870
- ca 1880
- patent date
- 1880-06-15
- maker
- Sherriff, John
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- wood (overall material)
- leather (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 5 3/4 in x 8 in x 11 1/4 in; 14.605 cm x 20.32 cm x 28.575 cm
- ID Number
- 1997.0198.18
- catalog number
- 1997.0198.18
- accession number
- 1997.0198
- subject
- Communications
- Industry & Manufacturing
- Work
- Patent Models, Graphic Arts
- Patent Models
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- Culture and the Arts: Graphic Arts
- Patent Models
- Patent Models, Graphic Arts
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
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