Sad Iron Heater, Nurse Lamp, and Foot Stove Patent Model
date: label: patent date
content: 1868-03-24
name: label: inventor
content: Small, Eleazer
notes: label: Description
content: Full-size patent model (U.S. Patent No. 75,802) of a combination sad iron heater, nurse lamp and foot warmer or stove, made by Eleazer Small of Dennis Port, MA, and patented on March 24, 1868. Consists of a diamond-perforated, square, brass box on four, cast paw feet fitted with a strap-handled sliding door on one side, two oval ring handles on two other sides, and a friction-fit, flat, copper cover, also with oval ring handle. Contains a removable, pivoting, vertical divider, and a D- or ear-shaped, strap-handled tray with six, single-wick burners. Pierced flat bottom. Copper rivets. No marks.
label: Description
content: Can also be used as a travelling cook stove and food warmer.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Dennis Port
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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.251436
label: catalog number
content: 251436
label: patent number
content: 75,802
label: accession number
content: 48890
objectType: label: Object Name
content: heater, sad iron
label: Object Name
content: lamp, nurse
label: Object Name
content: warmer, foot
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (box; divider; tray; burners material)
label: Physical Description
content: copper (cover; rivets material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, white (feet material)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton (wicks material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 5/8 in x 9 1/2 in x 9 in; 11.7475 cm x 24.13 cm x 22.86 cm