Patent Model - Improvement in Soap-Holders
Maker and role
Samuel Harlow (b.1827, d.1914), Patentee
Horace Bailey (b.1840, d.1916), Patentee
Production date
May 23 1876
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Iron
Measurements
2 1/4 x 11 x 3" (5.7 x 27.9 x 7.6cm)
Description
Harlow and Bailey's patent consists of forming a soap holder of" smooth perforated metal" to avoid "the great and unnecessary abrasion and loss of soap occasioned when the holder is made of wire-gauze. (Patent Number 177,712)
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Object number
2015.14.2180
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