Patent Model: Burial Case, A. S. Patterson
date: label: patent date
content: 1869-08-17
notes: label: Description
content: Patent model for Alfred S. Patterson, “Burial Case,” U.S. Patent 93,832 (Aug. 17, 1869). Patterson's cast iron casket was made in several sections which are secured with special "lock-joints" and a way of securing the inner lining fabric by means of metal plates fastened to the sections.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CL.65.0331
label: accession number
content: 249602
label: catalog number
content: 65.0331
label: patent number
content: 93832
objectType: label: Object Name
content: burial casket, patent model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cloth (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: stone? (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)