Combination Cooking and Parlor Stove Patent Model
date: label: Date made
content: 1864-10-25
label: patent date
content: 1864-10-25
name: label: inventor
content: Davy, John T.
label: inventor
content: Cox, David B.
notes: label: Description
content: Patent model (U.S. Patent No. 44,833) of a combination cooking and parlor or heating stove, elongated oval in section, on four splayed strap feet; made by John T. Davy and David B. Cox of Troy, NY, and patented on October 25, 1864. Consists of an oven below a firebox with two circular cooking holes that is fitted with a shaking or pivoting grate. Damper at back allows stove to be used alone or with oven. Soft soldered lapped seams. No marks on object, but darkened paper patent tag tied to top plate of stove with white string is printed and handwritten with patent information and object numbers.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, Troy
label: associated place
content: United States: New York, Troy
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.251507
label: catalog number
content: 251507
label: patent number
content: 44,833
label: accession number
content: 48890
objectType: label: Object Name
content: stove, parlor
label: Object Name
content: stove, cooking
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, tin (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 1/2 in x 4 5/8 in x 4 1/8 in; 16.51 cm x 11.7475 cm x 10.4775 cm