Patent Specimen - Paint Compound

Maker and role
Arthur Peuchen (b.1859, d.1929), Patentee
 Production date
Jul 10 1883
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Media/Materials
Glass, cork, wax or resin
Measurements
3 1/2 x 1 1/2" (8.9 x 3.8cm)
2 5/8 x 1 1/2" (6.7 x 3.8cm)
Description
Peuchen claims as his invention "the within-described liquid mixed paint, composed of a liquid compound consisting of boiled linseed-oil, silicate of soda, naphtha, alum, potash solution, raw linseed-oil, resin, cod-oil, and brown japan, and a body compound made up of American oxide of zinc, French oxide of zinc, white lead, China clay, dissolved asphaltum, golden ocher, and Venetian red..." (Patent Number 281,131)
Collection
Rothschild Patent Model Collection
Object number
2015.14.3471a-c
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