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Lot 263
Sale 1130 - American Furniture, Folk & Decorative Arts
Mar 30, 2023
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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Estimate
$800 -
1,200
Price Realized
$1,386
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Lot Description
A Salesman's Sample or Patent Model of a Physician's Table
Late 19th Century
with plaque to underside of stationary tabletop reading, Pat'd Dec. 6, 1892.
Height 13 1/2 x width 13 3/4 x depth 6 1/4 inches.
John W. Kales of Franklinville, New York was granted a patent for his "Improvements in Physician's Tables" on December 6, 1892 (patent no. 487,625). The adjustable frame of his table allowed doctors to "render more convenient the positions of the subject" during gynecological examinations and surgical procedures.[1]
[1] John W. Kales. Physician's Table. US US487625 A, United States Patent Office, 6 December 1892.
This lot is located in Cincinnati.