Ocarina
Ocarina
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- Description
- The “Patent / 2,195,992” inscription on this Bakelite ocarina refers to George Albert Mausolf (1896-1962), a resident of Waterbury, Conn., who obtained a patent on the form, and assigned it to the Waterbury Button Co.
- Ref: George A. Mausolf, “Ocarina,” U.S. Patent 2,195,992 (April 2, 1940), assigned to the Waterbury Button Company.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Ocarina
- Bakelite Ocarina
- date made
- after 1940
- maker
- Waterbury Button Company
- place made
- United States: Connecticut
- Associated Place
- United States: New Jersey
- Physical Description
- bakelite (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 70 mm x 45 mm x 165 mm; 2 3/4 in x 1 3/4 in x 6 1/2 in
- overall: 2 in x 6 1/4 in x 3 in; 5.08 cm x 15.875 cm x 7.62 cm
- ID Number
- 1981.0976.56
- catalog number
- 1981.0976.56
- patent number
- 2,195,992
- accession number
- 1981.0976
- Credit Line
- Gift of Union Carbide Corporation
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- Medicine and Science: Chemistry
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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