Cooking Stove Patent Model
date: label: Date made
content: 1841-12-30
label: patent date
content: 1841-12-30
name: label: inventor
content: Robinson, Eli C.
notes: label: Description
content: Patent model (U.S. Patent No. 2,404) of a stationary stove on three strap legs with an elevated oven that slides in grooves along the sides of the stove top; made by Eli C. Robinson of Troy, NY, and patented on December 30, 1841. Oven is held in place by a fixed frame with shared smoke pipe; common damper allows oven and stove to be used alone or together. Two circular holes for cooking vessels are exposed when oven is pushed back. Soft soldered lapped seams. Maker's name stamped in roman letters across stove door. Torn, darkened paper tag stored with object is 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, Troy
label: associated place
content: United States: New York, Troy
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.251515
label: catalog number
content: 251515
label: patent number
content: 2,404
label: accession number
content: 48890
objectType: label: Object Name
content: stove, cooking
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: tin (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 3/8 in x 4 1/2 in x 6 1/4 in; 16.1925 cm x 11.43 cm x 15.875 cm