Patent Model - Apparatus for Supporting Pottery-Ware in Kilns and Ovens
Maker and role
Elias Leak (b.1832, d.1902), Patentee
John Edwards, Patentee
Production date
Feb 10 1880
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Ceramic (stoneware?), paint
Measurements
8 7/8 x 11 x 11 1/8" (22.5 x 27.9 x 28.3cm)
Description
Leak and Edwards' invention, "which relates to certain improvements in apparatus for supporting pottery-ware in kilns and ovens while being baked, glazed, or otherwise fired, has especial reference to the seggars in which the ware is placed and supported while in the kiln or oven." (Patent Number 224,450)
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Object number
2015.14.3117a,b
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