Lantern and Foot Warmer Patent Model
date: label: patent date
content: 1867-08-06
name: label: inventor
content: Wirts, Stephen M.
label: inventor
content: Swift, Frank
notes: label: Description
content: Full-size patent model (U.S. Patent No. 67,622) of a combination lantern and foot warmer or stove, made by Stephen M. Wirts and Frank Swift of Hudson, MI, and patented on August 6, 1867. Consists of a wooden box with two hinged sides that open from the top; the side with the oval window contains the lamp, while the opposite side is a slanted surface covered with a piece of red velvet nailed along one edge for placing one's feet. Square perforated chimney on top and ventilation holes in box ends. Brass post-and-bail handle. Nailed construction. No marks.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Michigan, Hudson
label: associated place
content: United States: Michigan, Hudson
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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.251771
label: catalog number
content: 251771
label: patent number
content: 67,622
label: accession number
content: 48890
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lantern
label: Object Name
content: warmer, foot
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (box material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron (chimney; interior box material)
label: Physical Description
content: tin (chimney; interior box material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (window material)
label: Physical Description
content: velvet (cloth lining material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (handle material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/2 in x 4 7/8 in x 2 5/8 in; 8.89 cm x 12.3825 cm x 6.6675 cm