Foot Warmer Patent Model
date: label: patent date
content: 1865-12-19
name: label: inventor
content: Andrews, Josias J.
notes: label: Description
content: Full-size patent model (U.S. Patent No. 51,534) of a kerosene-burning foot stove or warmer with illumination lens, made by Josias J. Andrews of Clyde, IL, and patented on December 19, 1865. Made in two cylindrical parts held together by two pins. The upper portion has small perforations on top and large perforations around its rim to allow air to escape, while the lower portion includes the reservoir, wick burner, spring-operated regulator, and a raised foot ring with large perforations around its outside edge that create an updraft with those above. Upper part engraved in script on one side "J. J. Andrews / foot warmer", with circular lens opposite; small loop at top center for handle.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Illinois, Whiteside
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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.251432
label: catalog number
content: 251432
label: patent number
content: 51,534
label: accession number
content: 48890
objectType: label: Object Name
content: warmer, foot
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 3/8 in x 6 1/4 in; 8.5725 cm x 15.875 cm