Elliott's Patent Saddle Bag
date: label: Date made
content: c. 1890- 1910
label: patent issued
content: January 18th, 1870
name: label: maker
content: A.A. Mellier
label: inventor
content: Elliott, George W.
notes: label: Description
content: The “ELLIOTT’S PATENT / SADDLE BAGS” inscription on these leather medical saddle bags refers to George W. Elliott. of Rocheport, Mo., who obtained a patent on the form in 1870. The bags were manufactured and advertised for many years by A. A. Mellior, a drug house in St. Louis.
label: Description
content: Ref: George W. Elliott, “Improvement in Saddle Bags,” U.S. Patent 98,857 (Jan. 18, 1870).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Missouri, St. Louis
label: invented/ distributed from
content: United States: Missouri
label: from tupper rx, summerville
content: United States: South Carolina
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mary E. and Joseph F. Melfi, Jr., Tupper's Drug Store, Summerville, South Carolina
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1980.0698.192
label: accession number
content: 1980.0698
label: catalog number
content: 1980.0698.192
label: patent number
content: 98857
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Drug Case, Saddlebag
label: Object Name
content: drug case, saddlebag
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: leather (saddlebags(2) material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 29 cm x 15 cm x 23 cm; 11 13/32 in x 5 29/32 in x 9 1/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 1/2 in x 8 1/8 in x 11 in; 24.13 cm x 20.6375 cm x 27.94 cm