Crown Fishing Reel Patent Model
date: label: Date made
content: 1905
label: date made
content: ca 1905
notes: label: Description
content: This patent model is for a "Crown" fishing reel. It was made by Owenton, Kentucky jeweler Frank Fullilove who sold the reel at his store. The reel is made of "German silver" and features an ivory knob.
label: Description
content: Fullilove presented his reel at St. Louis's 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition, recieving a silver medal.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Kentucky, Owenton
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: name of sport
content: Fishing
label: level of sport
content: recreational
label: web subject
content: Patent Models
label: web subject
content: Expositions and Fairs
label: related event
content: Louisiana Purchase Exposition
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
label: See more items in
content: Patent Models
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: James P. Tanner
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1985.0508.01
label: accession number
content: 1985.0508
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0508.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: reel, fishing
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ivory (turner material)
label: Physical Description
content: felt (bag material)
label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 in x 2 1/2 in x 3 1/4 in; 5.08 cm x 6.35 cm x 8.255 cm