Fluting Iron
Maker and role
Susan Knox, Patentee
Production date
Post 1870
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Iron, brass, paper
Measurements
8 1/2 x 13 x 9 1/2" (21.6 x 33 x 24.1cm)
Description
Susan Knox along with William Corrister was granted an 1866 patent for a fluting machine. Later that years Knox was issued another patent for fluting machine improvements. Several companies manufactured the machine and in 1877 she trademarked it and used her own portrait as the trademark.
Object number
2008.5.17.1
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