Patent Model - Boxes for Preserving Cake and Bread
Maker and role
Albert Ledoux (b.1852, d.1923), Patentee
Production date
Feb 04 1873
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Tinned sheet iron, sponge
Measurements
3 1/4 x 3 3/4 x 3 1/4" (8.3 x 9.5 x 8.3cm)
Description
Ledoux's invention "has for its object to furnish an improved box or receptacle for preserving cake, bread, and other articles from becoming dry and being thus injured. The invention consists in the combination of the pan to receive a moist sponge and the perforated plate to support the articles to be kept moist..." (Patent Number 135,433)
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Object number
2016.10.48a,b
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