The Arnold Automatic Steam Cooker
date: label: date made
content: 1883-1903
label: patent date
content: 1882-09-02
label: patent date
content: 1882-05-09
label: patent date
content: 1879-07-08
notes: label: Description
content: Steam cooker consisting of a removable cylindrical pot with two wire ring handles that fits into an outer cylindrical container on a perforated cylindrical shaft mounted inside a basin attached to a shallow copper pan. Wire-rimmed pot and container have vertical folded seams; basin stamped as one piece. Side of container is embossed "WILMOT CASTLE & CO. (arched) / THE ARNOLD / AUTOMATIC / STEAM COOKER / PAT'D JULY 8 79 MAY 9 82 & SEPT 2 82 / ROCHESTER, N.Y.", all in sans serif letters.
label: Description
content: William E. Arnold of Rochester, NY, received U.S. Patent No. 217,314 on July 8, 1879 and No. 257,810 on May 9, 1882 for his grain cooker or steamer. Wilmot Castle & Co., also of Rochester (founded by Wilmot Castle (1855-1941) in 1883 and incorporated as Wilmot Castle Co. in 1903), manufactured sterilizers and bacteriological apparatus for laboratory, medical, dental and hospital use as well as for the home. In keeping with Arnold's original intent, Wilmot Castle & Co. produced this device for culinary purposes, but they also produced "The Arnold Steam Sterilizer", which looked and functioned the same (see DL*251349.0192).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, Rochester
topic: label: Subject
content: Food Culture
label: Subject
content: Patented
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Kenneth E. Jewett
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.251349.0193
label: catalog number
content: 251349.0193
label: accession number
content: 251349
objectType: label: Object Name
content: cooker
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: tin (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron wire (rims material)
label: Physical Description
content: copper (bottom pan material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 7/8 in x 6 3/8 in; 22.5425 cm x 16.1925 cm