Patent model for leather bound case
date: label: date made
content: ca 1870
label: date made
content: ca 1880
label: patent date
content: 1880-06-15
name: label: maker
content: Sherriff, John
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a mail box providing a "strong, light, durable, and convenient box or trunk for the transporation of letters and other matter." The invention was granted patent number 9253.
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content: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
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content: Patent Models
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1997.0198.18
label: catalog number
content: 1997.0198.18
label: accession number
content: 1997.0198
objectType: label: Object Name
content: case, leather bound
label: Object Name
content: patent model
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 3/4 in x 8 in x 11 1/4 in; 14.605 cm x 20.32 cm x 28.575 cm