Patent Model - Tobacco-Caddy
Maker and role
Rudolph Finzer, Patentee
Production date
Jun 01 1880
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Wood
Measurements
6 1/2 x 10 x 10 1/4" (16.5 x 25.4 x 26cm)
Description
Finzer's patent "relates to a new improvement in boxes or caddies for packing plug-tobacco or other substances, by which irregular or extra numbers of plugs or pieces may be packed in the ordinary-sized boxes or caddies made for regular or specific quantities." It "consists in making a caddy with one or more heads grooved on the inner side to receive one or more plugs fitted snugly in the groove..." (Patent Number 228,182)
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Object number
2015.14.3204a,b
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