Patent Model - Improvement in Musical Boxes
Maker and role
Henri Métért (Swiss, b.1852, d.1884), Patentee
M. J. Paillard & Co., Assignee
Production date
May 06 1879
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Brass, wood
Measurements
2 x 6 1/2 x 3 1/2" (5.1 x 16.5 x 8.9cm)
Description
Métért's patent "relates to musical boxes which are constructed to allow of the ready insertion and removal of various interchangeable pin-stuffed cylinders; and consists in certain improvements in the construction of the pin-studded cylinder, and of the various parts whose combined functions operate to work..." (Patent Number 215,146)
Collection
Object number
2015.14.2874a,b
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