Patent Model - Improvement in Portable Refrigerators

Maker and role
James Phillips, Patentee
Production date
Jul 16 1878
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Object detail

Media/Materials
Wood
Measurements
8 1/4 x 8 1/2" (21 x 21.6cm)
Description
Phillips's patent for an "improvement in Portable Cans for Liquid and Semi-Liquid Substances" relates "to improvements in cans for transporting oysters, milk and other liquid or semi-liquid substances." The objective is "to devise a can which may be readily re-iced without disturbing its contents and without removing it from the packing-case." (Patent Number 206,128)
Object number
2015.14.2645a-g
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