Stove Polish
date: label: date made
content: 1871 or later
label: Date made
content: 1871-09-12
name: label: maker
content: American Chemical Manufacturing Company
notes: label: Description
content: Circular cake of black-leading or graphite-based blacking and polishing paste in a patented, paddle-shaped, wooden box with swing or pivoting lid. Red and yellow printed paper labels on top of lid and around upper sides of body; side label includes instructions for use.
label: Description
content: Edward M. Gates of Watertown, NY, received U.S. Patent No. 118,924 on September 12, 1871 for his "Improvement in the Construction of Blacking-Boxes". Gates's drawing shows the swing lid pivoting at the neck versus top.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place stove polish paste made
content: United States: New York, Rochester
label: place box patented
content: United States: New York, Watertown
label: place used
content: Canada: Ontarian
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of David H. Shayt
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1985.0963.01
label: accession number
content: 1985.0963
label: catalog number
content: 1985.963.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: polish, stove
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (box material)
label: Physical Description
content: graphite (polish material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (labels material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (labels material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7/8 in x 7 5/8 in x 3 3/4 in; 2.2225 cm x 19.3675 cm x 9.525 cm