Heating Stove Patent Model
date: label: Date made
content: 1858-07-27
label: patent date
content: 1858-07-27
name: label: inventor
content: Dorsch, Merriman P.
notes: label: Description
content: Patent model (U.S. Patent No. 21,046) of a soft coal-burning stove made by Merriman P. Dorsch of New York, NY, and patented on July 27, 1858. Consists of a cylindrical firebox atop a square, indented-corner ash pit on four splayed feet that has a two-part, circular grate with perforated cone at its center. No marks on object, but tags tied to purple wove ribbon and white 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: New York, New York City
label: associated place
content: United States: New York, New York City
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.251750
label: catalog number
content: 251750
label: patent number
content: 21,046
label: accession number
content: 48890
objectType: label: Object Name
content: stove, heating
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: tin (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 1/2 in x 4 1/2 in x 4 1/2 in x 4 in; 21.59 cm x 11.43 cm x 11.43 cm x 10.16 cm