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Model, Product

Object Name:
Model, Product
Object ID:
1961.053.01
Creator:
Blaisdell, JohnInventor
Place of Origin:
Sanbornton, NH
Date:
1874
Description:
Patent model of elevating refrigerator. Dark wood with brass mounts. Long cupboard each side containing weights. Central section refrigerator cupboard with two doors, rides up and down controlled by weights. No labels. Base left front coner gone.
Material:
Wood
Provenance:
Made by John Morrison Blaisdell of Sanbornton, NH, inventor of Blaisdell's patent extension table and refrigerating cupboard. The refrigerating cupboard was manufactured (1876-1877) at the Nathanial Prescott mill, Salmon Brook, under the firm of Blaisdell and Burley.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde C. Smith
Subjects:
Refrigerators, Patents
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