Patent Model - Paint-Can
Maker and role
Frederick Devoe (b.1828, d.1913), Patentee
Production date
Apr 27 1880
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Brass, steel, wood
Measurements
8 x 12 x 6" (20.3 x 30.5 x 15.2cm)
Description
Devoe's patent relates "to cans for containing paints ground in oil, or otherwise in a moist or pasty state..." His design "consists in the combination of a can...a piston...a screw..and a flange..." (Patent number: 226,986)
Collection
Object number
61.47.258
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