Fireplace Patent Model
date: label: Date made
content: 1838-11-09
label: patent date
content: 1838-11-09
notes: label: Description
content: Patent model (U.S. Patent No. 1,001) of a portable, enclosed, trapezoidal coal grate with mica doors on two scroll-ended battens, made by James Atwater of New Haven, CT, and patented on November 9, 1838. Surround incised with geometric designs. Maker's name lightly incised in cursive on top. No patent tags.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, New Haven
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.251498
label: catalog number
content: 251498
label: accession number
content: 48890
label: patent number
content: 1001
objectType: label: Object Name
content: grate, coal
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: tin (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: mica (glazing material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 5/8 in x 7 3/4 in x 2 5/8 in; 16.8275 cm x 19.685 cm x 6.6675 cm