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- Patent Model of Match Safe, 1877 - From 1790 to 1880, the U.S. Patent Office required applicants to submit a miniature model along with diagrams and written descriptions detailing the operation of their invention. Patent models could be no larger than 12" by 12" by 12". Though they were usually not operational, these models helped explain an inventor's idea and protect it from competitors.
- July 17, 1877
- Collections - Artifact
Patent Model of Match Safe, 1877
From 1790 to 1880, the U.S. Patent Office required applicants to submit a miniature model along with diagrams and written descriptions detailing the operation of their invention. Patent models could be no larger than 12" by 12" by 12". Though they were usually not operational, these models helped explain an inventor's idea and protect it from competitors.
- Cigar Lighter & Cutter, "Smoke George W. Childs Cigars," circa 1877 - George W. Childs was an influential Philadelphia newspaper publisher. He lent his name to a brand of cigars, and is depicted as the figure on this novelty item. The box in the center cuts the cigar using a key-wind mechanism. At either end are matches which light a kerosene filled reservoir at the top.
- circa 1877
- Collections - Artifact
Cigar Lighter & Cutter, "Smoke George W. Childs Cigars," circa 1877
George W. Childs was an influential Philadelphia newspaper publisher. He lent his name to a brand of cigars, and is depicted as the figure on this novelty item. The box in the center cuts the cigar using a key-wind mechanism. At either end are matches which light a kerosene filled reservoir at the top.