Medicine Spoon

Medicine Spoon

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Description
Patent model for George H. Spencer, “Medicine Spoon,” U.S. Patent 107,419 (Sept. 13, 1870). Spencer lived in Cleveland, Ohio.
Location
Currently not on view
Object Name
pharmacist tool coll object
patent model, medicine spoon
patent model
medicine spoon
date made
ca 1870
patent date
1870-09-13
Measurements
overall: 1 7/8 in x 10 3/4 in; x 4.7625 cm x 27.305 cm
ID Number
MG.M-04312
catalog number
M-04312
patent number
107,419
accession number
89797
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Medicine and Science: Medicine
Data Source
National Museum of American History
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