Object Details
- inventor
- Redgrave, Montague
- Description (Brief)
- Patent model of a bagatelle game which is an early version of the pin ball machine. It consists of a wooden cabinet with a spring mechanism located at the bottom of the case to shoot balls into the game. There are no balls present. This was patented by Montague Redgrave in 1871, patent #115357.
- Wooden shadow style box with ferrous nails and hoops, painted tinned iron strip, 2 swinging wood ladders, and two brass bells. The inside has red and dark green paint with painted white numbers. The bottom/underside is lined with painted green fabric. The washers on the brass bells are red felt. There is a single brass coil attached to a wooden knob.
- 1871
- patent date
- 1871-05-30
- ID Number
- CL.65.0441
- accession number
- 249602
- catalog number
- 65.0441
- patent number
- 115,357
- Object Name
- model, patent
- Object Type
- Patent Model
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 3 1/4 in x 9 1/2 in x 13 in; 8.255 cm x 24.13 cm x 33.02 cm
- associated place
- United States: Ohio, Cincinnati
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
- Patent Models
- Exhibition
- Inventing in America
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- National Museum of American History
- subject
- Games
- Patent Models
- Record ID
- nmah_689012
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a1-24b2-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
