MUSEUM OBJECT
Title:
Polygraph
Description:
Box: 6 x 17 x 10.5 Dimension:H:7.875in W:14.875in L:19.500in
Creator:
Hawkins, John I.
Dates:
1800-26
Abstract:
Elegantly made brass-bound wooden box with inlaid top. The top and bottom fold out to form a writing table. An integral frame supports two writing pens. A brass plate is inscribed, "Hawkins' Patent Polygraph, Manufactured and Sold by I.H. Farthing, No. 43, Cornhill, London. No. 282." (Robert P. Multhauf, "Catalogue of Instruments and Models," 1961).
Call #:
58.42
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