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Jean Baptiste Pelletier & Pierre Glor
Pelletier & Glor Encrier Conservateur
The Encrier Conservateur exhibited combines two French brevette or patent mechanisms.
Patent #1: The fully operational Pelletier patent bell mechanism is located on the underside of this encrier a pompe or pump inkwell.
Patent #2: The “Conservateur” mechanism manifests externally as the small knob atop the inkwell system.
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