Patent Model - Improved Bread Cutter

Maker and role
James Oxley (b.1811, d.1881), Patentee
 Production date
May 10 1864

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Media/Materials
Pine and oak (visual), iron, brass, paper
Measurements
12 x 23 1/2 x 13 3/4" (30.5 x 59.7 x 34.9cm)
Description
Oxley's invention "relates to a peculiar construction and arrangement of apparatus for cutting, slicing, and chopping bread, cheese, suet, vegetables, tobacco, leather, or any other substance capable of being cut by a knife..." (Patent Number 42,715)
Collection
Rothschild Patent Model Collection
Object number
2015.14.468a,b
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