Patent model - mop head. Iron frame composed of screw at top to attach to mop handle, which when tightened closes a shaped bar down onto a heavy wire rim. Rags or other materials would be tightened into place by this screw action. Accompanying tag verifies this as Patent No. 64,683 registered by H.H. Mason and Jos. Messinger of Springfield, VT on May 14, 1867. See Gifts and Loans for papers.
