Patent Model - Nailless Box
Maker and role
James Maloney, Patentee
James Compton, Patentee
Production date
Aug 24 1880
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Wood, (chestnut?)
Measurements
7 5/8 x 10 x 8 1/2" (19.4 x 25.4 x 21.6cm)
Description
Maloney and Compton's invention "relates to a novel method of constructing boxes for containing tobacco or other material; and it consists in joining the box and fastening the lid or cover without the use of nails or other metallic fastenings." (Patent Number 231,434)
Collection
Object number
2015.14.3248a-c
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