Medicine Spoon
date: label: date made
content: 1865
notes: label: Description
content: Patent model for David J. Pearson, “Medicine Spoon,” U.S. Patent 51,748 (Dec. 26, 1865). An inscription reads “D. J. Pearson, Inventor.” Pearson lived in Boston, Ma.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-04303
label: catalog number
content: M-04303
label: accession number
content: 89797
label: catalog number
content: M-04303
label: patent number
content: 51,748
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Spoon, Medicine
label: Object Name
content: medicine spoon
label: Object Name
content: patent model, medicine spoon
label: Object Name
content: spoon, medicine, patent model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/4 in x 6 in x 1 1/4 in; 1.905 cm x 15.24 cm x 3.175 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/4 in x 6 in; x 3.175 cm x 15.24 cm