Patent Model of an Apparatus for Printing on Bottles, Boxes, or Cans
date: label: date made
content: ca 1866
label: patent date
content: 1866-07-24
name: label: maker
content: Miles, Isaac L.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for printing directly on glass or metal with elastic type instead of using the common practice of stenciling on the surface or using a paper label. The invention was granted patent number 56593. The rubber printing block of the patent model has hardened and perished. In 1860 Isaac Miles had bought shares in the rights of two other printing patents: Samuel Lowe's cone press (Patent 15429, 1856) and Charles Hawkes's platen press (Patent 7855, 1850).
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content: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
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content: Patent Models
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.056593
label: patent number
content: 056593
label: accession number
content: 089797
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.056593
objectType: label: Object Name
content: apparatus, printing
label: Object Name
content: apparatus
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
label: Other Terms
content: Apparatus; Relief
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 17.5 cm x 25.7 cm x 31.7 cm; 6 7/8 in x 10 1/8 in x 12 1/2 in