Hand Mirror
notes: label: Description
content: The frame of this hand mirror is black shellac with a molded floral design. The “Pat. 1868 / March 19, 1878 / A12” inscription refers to George Eastman (ca. 1828-1899), a brush manufacturer in Cambridge, Ma.
label: Description
content: Ref: George Eastman, “Improvement in Mirror and Other Frames,” U.S. Patent 201,394 (March 19, 1878); reissued in 1879.
label: Description
content: George Eastman, “Improvement in Composition Frames for Hand-Mirrors, Brushes, &c.,” U.S. Patent 203,251 (May 7, 1878).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of J. Harry DuBois
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1983.0538.14
label: catalog number
content: 1983.0538.14
label: accession number
content: 1983.0538
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Mirror, Hand
label: Object Name
content: Mirror
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 273 mm x 114 mm x 10 mm; 10 3/4 in x 4 1/2 in x 3/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 7/8 in x 4 1/2 in x 5/8 in; 27.6225 cm x 11.43 cm x 1.5875 cm