Foot Warmer Patent Model
date: label: patent date
content: 1865-05-16
name: label: inventor
content: Reynolds, Edwin H.
notes: label: Description
content: Full-size patent model (U.S. Patent No. 47,749) of a kerosene-burning foot stove or warmer to be used in a carriage or vehicle, made by Edwin H. Reynolds of Rising Sun, MD, and patented on May 16, 1865. Consists of a rectangular box with perforated hinged lid and a strap bail handle riveted to its ends that contains the reservoir, wick burner, and regulator; entire mechanism is covered by a removable, flat plate to radiate the heat that has a circular cut out to accommodate the cylinder around the wick tube. No marks.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Maryland, Rising Sun
label: associated place
content: United States: Maryland, Rising Sun
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.251433
label: catalog number
content: 251433
label: patent number
content: 47,749
label: accession number
content: 48890
objectType: label: Object Name
content: warmer, foot
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: tin (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron wire (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 in x 8 7/8 in x 4 1/4 in; 12.7 cm x 22.5425 cm x 10.795 cm