Frying Pan Patent Model

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Object Details

inventor

Packard, Elizabeth L.

Description (Brief)

Packard’s improvement in “Cooking Utensils,” her only patented invention, included a new design for a frying pan using rounded recesses to keep eggs in place on the pan while cooking.

Location

Currently not on view

date made

1870

patent date

1870-10-18

ID Number

DL.65.0339

catalog number

65.0339

patent number

108,385

accession number

249602

Object Name

pan, frying

pan, fry

Object Type

Patent Model

Physical Description

iron, cast (overall material)

Measurements

overall: 3 1/4 in x 15 1/2 in x 10 7/8 in; 8.255 cm x 39.37 cm x 27.6225 cm

associated place

United States: Massachusetts, Stoughton

United States: Massachusetts, Boston

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Home and Community Life: Domestic Life

Family & Social Life

Work

Domestic Furnishings

Invention and the Patent Model

Patent Models

Data Source

National Museum of American History

web subject

Kitchen utensils

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746af-03b0-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_318654