Foot Warmer Patent Model
date: label: patent date
content: 1859-07-19
name: label: inventor
content: Maydole, James H.
notes: label: Description
content: Patent model (U.S. Patent No. 24,813) of a foot stove or warmer, made by James H. Maydole of Eaton, NY, and patented on July 19, 1859. Consists of a perforated covered pail fitted with a ring on its inside bottom to receive a single-wick, oil-burning lamp constructed with plaster of paris around its reservoir; a removable flat plate rests near the pail rim to radiate the heat. No marks.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, Eaton
label: associated place
content: United States: New York, Eaton
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.251434
label: catalog number
content: 251434
label: patent number
content: 24,813
label: accession number
content: 48890
objectType: label: Object Name
content: warmer, foot
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: tin (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron wire (rim; handles material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 1/4 in x 7 1/4 in x 7 3/8 in; 15.875 cm x 18.415 cm x 18.7325 cm