Griddle
date: label: patent year
content: 1867
label: patent date
content: 1867-01-22
notes: label: Description
content: A pair of removable, circular, hinged plates from a full-scale patent model (U.S. Patent No. 61,478) of a multipurpose, stove-top griddle or gridiron, made by E. J. Smith of Washington, D.C., and patented on January 22, 1867. Two-part, open teardrop-shaped handle; cylindrical hinge. Single gate mark on exterior of both plates. No additional marks on object, but a darkened paper tag tied to handle with white cotton string is handwritten with the patent information for the "Cooking Utensil"; handle also tied with a red or purple wove ribbon.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: District of Columbia, Washington
topic: label: Subject
content: Patent Models
label: Subject
content: Cooking
label: Subject
content: Food Culture
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.65.0338
label: catalog number
content: 65.0338
label: patent number
content: 61478
label: accession number
content: 249602
objectType: label: Object Name
content: griddle
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron, cast (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/4 in x 14 3/8 in x 8 1/4 in; 5.715 cm x 36.5125 cm x 20.955 cm