Patent Model of an Intaglio Plate Printing and Embossing Press
date: label: date made
content: ca 1883
label: patent date
content: 1883-02-27
name: label: patentee
content: Hewitt, Edward R.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for an intaglio plate printing and embossing press which was granted patent number 272878. The patent describes a machine with automatic inking and wiping, and the means to print in stripes of multiple colors. The patent was the latest in a series on plate printing machines taken out by Hewitt and was submitted after his death by Minnie Hewitt, administratrix of his estate.
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dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.272878
label: accession number
content: 089797
label: patent number
content: 272878
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.272878
objectType: label: Object Name
content: press, intaglio plate printing
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 29.2 cm x 31 cm x 28.7 cm; 11 1/2 in x 12 3/16 in x 11 5/16 in