Patent Model - Improvement in Wind-Wheel Toys
Maker and role
William Gorton, Patentee
Production date
Jun 30 1874
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Wood, iron, brass
Measurements
13 x 5" (33 x 12.7cm)
Description
Gorton's patent provides a "means for amusing the young; and it consists in a wheel and staff, the former being provided with a sleeve-box and pin-journal, and the shaft with one or more ferrules." (Patent Number 152,555)
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Object number
2015.14.1768a,b
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