Patent Model for Molds for Casting Blocks for Printing Carpets or Wall Paper
date: label: date made
content: ca 1854
label: patent date
content: 1854-03-14
name: label: maker
content: Berry, James
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a mold that made blocks that were used in printing carpets or wall paper; the invention was granted patent number 10630. The design, formed of short and long pieces of type, was set up in a square casting box. The printing block was then cast in any suitable material such as type metal, plaster-of-paris, vulcanized rubber, or, by preference, gutta percha - a popular material in the mid nineteenth century.
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dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1996.0062.02
label: accession number
content: 1996.0062
label: catalog number
content: 1996.0062.02
label: patent number
content: 010630
objectType: label: Object Name
content: method, manufacturing molds
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content: Print
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content: carpet block printing
label: Object Name
content: molds for casting blocks for printing carpets or wall paper
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content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 cm x 11.5 cm x 11 cm; 2 3/8 in x 4 1/2 in x 4 5/16 in