Patent models for ink pads
date: label: date made
content: ca 1873
label: patent date
content: 1873-02-18
name: label: patentee
content: Towne, Henry R.
label: patentee
content: Taylor, Warren H.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a strong, compact inking pad for canceling or dating stamps and other devices; the invention was granted patent number 135949. The elastic stuffing of the pad was saturated with ink, which penetrated the cloth or chamois covering.
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dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.135949
label: patent number
content: 135949
label: accession number
content: 089797
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.135949
objectType: label: Object Name
content: manufacture, ink pads
label: Object Name
content: inking apparatus
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cloth (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4.5 cm x 13.5 cm x 13.5 cm; 1 3/4 in x 5 5/16 in x 5 5/16 in