Patent Model - Improvement in Machines for Preparing Pottery-Stock
Maker and role
Samuel Thompson, Patentee
Production date
May 13 1873
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Wood, iron, brass
Measurements
10 x 9 1/2 x 9" (25.4 x 24.1 x 22.9cm)
Description
Thompson's patent "relates to certain new and useful improvements in machines for preparing the clay or stock for pottery, &c.; and has for its principal objects the screening, clearing of air, and balling or rolling the clay, &c., in an effective and expeditious manner by one apparatus, thereby saving the time, labor, and expense hitherto expended in preparing the stock by the ordinary methods." (Patent Number 138,824)
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Object number
2015.14.1571a-d
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