Patent model for wood blocks for engraving
date: label: date made
content: ca 1878
label: patent date
content: 1878-05-21
name: label: patentee
content: Setchell, George C.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a method of reusing engraved boxwood blocks by shaving down the engraved surface and gluing the shaved block between two pieces of a cheaper wood; the invention was granted patent number 203856. This sandwich was then cut through the middle to give two new blocks, each with a thin face of boxwood.
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content: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
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dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.203856
label: patent number
content: 203856
label: accession number
content: 089797
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.203856
objectType: label: Object Name
content: manufacture, engraving blocks
label: Object Name
content: Block, Engraver's
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 cm x 14 cm x 19 cm; 2 3/8 in x 5 1/2 in x 7 1/2 in