Vertical Oval Bake Oven Patent Model
date: label: Date made
content: 1825-09-27
label: patent date
content: 1825-09-27
notes: label: Description
content: Patent model (U.S. Patent No. X4199) of a vertical oval bake oven to be mounted inside a wall, made by Henry Reip of Baltimore, MD, and patented on September 27, 1825; soft soldered and painted black. Flue surrounding oven is fed from firebox below (not included). Interior has two removable shelves and second flue connected to an elbow pipe with damper. Oval plate on door engraved with maker's name and location. Old darkened paper tag tied on with purple wove ribbon is printed and handwritten with patent information and object numbers.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Maryland, Baltimore
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.251508
label: catalog number
content: 251508
label: accession number
content: 48890
label: patent number
content: X4199
objectType: label: Object Name
content: oven, bake
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: tin (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (handle, name plate material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (exterior finish material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/4 in x 3 3/8 in x 5 3/8 in; 8.255 cm x 8.5725 cm x 13.6525 cm