Patent Model - Improvement in Safes
Maker and role
Samuel Lewis (b.1838?, d.1895), Patentee
William Sterling (b.1837, d.1902), Patentee
Production date
May 23 1871
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Wood, brass
Measurements
12 x 10 x 6 7/8" (30.5 x 25.4 x 17.5cm)
Description
Lewis and Sterling's invention involved "the construction and arrangement of safe-doors and safe-fronts in such a manner as to render the safe wedge-proof..." (Patent Number 115,221)
Collection
Object number
2015.14.1305a,b
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