Portable Lamp and Stove Patent Model
date: label: Date made
content: 1878-08-13
label: patent date
content: 1878-08-13
name: label: inventor
content: Moore, Robert R.
notes: label: Description
content: Patent model (U.S. Patent No. 206,960) of a combination portable or travel lamp and stove, made by Robert Rea Moore of Lewisville, AR, and patented on August 13, 1878. Horizontal rectangular box or case, painted black, has a wood top on removable hinge along one end; a right-hinged door on the opposite end that opens to reveal a circular convex element behind a wire mesh screen; and a sliding door along one side. Object is tied together with red wove ribbon. Paper card inscribed with inventor's name pinned to top; model maker's name stamped on sliding door. Paper tags tied to hinge pin with purple wove ribbon and string are printed and handwritten with patent information and object numbers.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Arkansas, Lewisville
label: place patent model made
content: United States: New York, New York City
label: associated place
content: United States: Arkansas, Lewisville
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.251431
label: catalog number
content: 251431
label: patent number
content: 206,960
label: accession number
content: 48890
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lamp
label: Object Name
content: stove
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: tin (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (top material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (exterior finish material)
label: Physical Description
content: mesh, iron (screen material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (hardware material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 3/4 in x 6 in x 4 1/8 in; 12.065 cm x 15.24 cm x 10.4775 cm