"THE ORIGINAL KNOX" Fluting Machine
date: label: date made
content: after 1892
label: patent date for clamping device
content: 1877-07-03
label: patent reissue date for fluting machine
content: 1870-04-26
name: label: maker
content: North Brothers Manufacturing Company
notes: label: Description
content: Manually-operated fluting machine or iron with two, hollow, corrugated rollers, open at one end, mounted horizontally one above the other to a flat, cove-sided, rectangular base with swiveling C clamp at front right; model and patent dates cast in top and maker across underside. Enamelled black with metallic gold striping and accents; lithograph of Mrs. Knox affixed in oval at center of base. Lower roller is mounted to two, tapered rectangular pedestal supports and has a wooden-handled crank at its right end; frame holding upper roller has an arched flat spring across its top and lever at back that pivots inside the end of an arm extending from the right support and ending with tension screw on spring. Comes with original shipping or packing box, DL*249080.0001B. Roller handle mounted backwards.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
topic: label: Subject
content: Household Tools and Equipment
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Molaison
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.249080.0001A
label: catalog number
content: 249080.0001A
label: accession number
content: 249080
objectType: label: Object Name
content: iron, fluting
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron, cast (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: enamel (finish material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (decoration material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (lithograph material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (lithograph material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (rollers material)
label: Physical Description
content: beech or maple (handle material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 1/4 in x 8 7/8 in x 8 5/8 in; 20.955 cm x 22.5425 cm x 21.9075 cm