Lid, box

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OBJECT TYPE: pocket
DATE: 1885
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.0926.004

MANUFACTURER: Randolph, N.V. & Co.
MODEL: Dr. C.H. Fitch
LOCATION: Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 4
Total Parts: 4
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Nickel- plated (?) metal.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 7.3 cm
Width: 3.9 cm
Height: 1.3 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Metrology
Category: Mass/weight
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Randolph
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Virginia
City: Richmond

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: Presumably used after 1885.
Canada: Part of a large collection of medical artifacts, archival material & trade literature transferred to CSTM in 2002 from the former History of Medicine Museum, Toronto, ON.
Function: To help identify, contain and protect box contents when not in use.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Following text stamped into box lid top :"DR. C H FITCH'S/ PRESCRIPTION SCALE/ PAT'D SEPT 29 1885/ MANUFD BY N V RANDOLPH & CO/ RICHMOND VA". UHN catalogue no. "X969.55.15 B" printed by hand in white ink in lower right of lid underside.
Missing: Unknown- appears complete
Finish: Nickel- plated (?) metal.
Decoration: Scrolling motives decorated corners of lid.

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Randolph, N.V. & Co., Lid, box, after 1885, Artifact no. 2002.0926, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0926.004/

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