Patent Model for a Hand Stamp
date: label: date made
content: ca 1862
label: patent date
content: 1862-01-14
name: label: maker
content: Shaffer, John
label: maker
content: Spencer, Edward
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a hand stamp which was granted patent number 34166. The patent details a percussion stamp for marking the backs of railroad tickets with the ticket remaining face up, and for perforating tickets printed on strips of paper.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
label: See more items in
content: Patent Models, Graphic Arts
label: See more items in
content: Work
label: See more items in
content: Communications
label: See more items in
content: Industry & Manufacturing
label: See more items in
content: Patent Models
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.034166
label: patent number
content: 034166
label: accession number
content: 089797
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.034166
objectType: label: Object Name
content: stamp, hand
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: 29.8 cm x 21.8 cm x 6.8 cm; 11 3/4 in x 8 9/16 in x 2 11/16 in