Oven Patent Model
date: label: Date made
content: 1841-08-28
label: patent date
content: 1841-08-28
name: label: inventor
content: Spaulding, Samuel B.
notes: label: Description
content: Patent model (U.S. Patent No. 2,235) of a horizontal cylindrical, elevated or stepped-back oven for attaching to a cooking or heating stove; made by Samuel B. Spaulding of Brandon, VT, and patented on August 28, 1841. Painted black; folded seams. Features two flues: one surrounding the oven is fed by two circular openings in its underside and has a sliding damper at one end; and the other, for when the oven is not in use, wraps around the front half of the oven and has a pivoting damper at its front center. No marks on object, but paper tags tied on with red wove ribbon and stored separately are printed and handwritten with patent information and object numbers.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Vermont, Brandon
label: associated place
content: United States: Vermont, Brandon
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
label: See more items in
content: Domestic Furnishings
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.251512
label: accession number
content: 48890
label: patent number
content: 2,235
label: catalog number
content: 251512
objectType: label: Object Name
content: oven
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: tin (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (exterior finish material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 in x 5 7/8 in x 3 1/2 in; 7.62 cm x 14.9225 cm x 8.89 cm