Patent Model for Color Printing Blocks
date: label: date made
content: ca 1876
label: patent date
content: 1876-01-18
name: label: patentee
content: Perkins, Joseph
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for color printing blocks which was granted patent number 172340. The invention included multicolor printing blocks particularly intended for oilcloths, requiring colors to be applied thickly and in an intricate pattern. The blocks were pierced by channels, which conducted the ink from reservoirs of converging tubes surmounting the blocks.
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dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.172340
label: patent number
content: 172340
label: accession number
content: 089797
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.172340
objectType: label: Object Name
content: manufacture, color printing blocks
label: Object Name
content: Marking Device
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 20 cm x 18 cm x 18 cm; 7 7/8 in x 7 1/16 in x 7 1/16 in