Bagatelle patent model patented by Montague Redgrave
date: label: date made
content: 1871
label: patent date
content: 1871-05-30
name: label: inventor
content: Redgrave, Montague
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Patent model of a bagatelle game which is an early version of the pin ball machine. It consists of a wooden cabinet with a spring mechanism located at the bottom of the case to shoot balls into the game. There are no balls present. This was patented by Montague Redgrave in 1871, patent #115357.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Wooden shadow style box with ferrous nails and hoops, painted tinned iron strip, 2 swinging wood ladders, and two brass bells. The inside has red and dark green paint with painted white numbers. The bottom/underside is lined with painted green fabric. The washers on the brass bells are red felt. There is a single brass coil attached to a wooden knob.
place: label: associated place
content: United States: Ohio, Cincinnati
topic: label: web subject
content: Games
label: web subject
content: Patent Models
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
label: See more items in
content: Patent Models
label: Exhibition
content: Inventing in America
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CL.65.0441
label: accession number
content: 249602
label: catalog number
content: 65.0441
label: patent number
content: 115,357
objectType: label: Object Name
content: model, patent
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/4 in x 9 1/2 in x 13 in; 8.255 cm x 24.13 cm x 33.02 cm