overall: 5 in x 9 7/16 in x 4 13/16 in; 12.7 cm x 23.99995 cm x 12.29995 cm
Object Name:
Patent Model
Press, printing
Place made:
United States: District of Columbia, Washington
Date made:
Patent Date 1856
circa 1856
Patent date:
April 29, 1856
Description:
A D-cylinder press adaptable for printing the relief plates covered by a Lowe patent of 1855 (Patent 13,585), as well as ordinary type and engraved plates. Later in 1856 Lowe took out a patent for his more famous portable press with conical roller (Patent 15,428).</I>
Harris, Elizabeth M. <I>Patent Models in the Graphic Arts Collection.</I> Washington, D.C.: National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, 1997.
