Foot Warmer Patent Model
date: label: patent date
content: 1865-09-26
name: label: inventor
content: Hock, Hermann
label: inventor
content: Zilz, Jacob
notes: label: Description
content: Full-size patent model (U.S. Patent No. 50,123) of a hot water- or sand-heated foot warmer or stove, made by Hermann Hock and Jacob Zilz of Philadelphia, PA, and patented on September 26, 1865. Consists of a wooden box with a red velvet-upholstered, hinged lid that contains a removable tinplate container or reservoir with brass ring-handled plug for the heat source. Off-white wool-lined interior. Rectangular silver plaque mounted below spring latch is engraved "H. Hock & J. Zilz / Phil\a." in script surrounded by flourishes.
label: Description
content: This patent model is the protoype for foot warmer DL*311658.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
label: associated place
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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.251770
label: catalog number
content: 251770
label: patent number
content: 50,123
label: accession number
content: 48890
objectType: label: Object Name
content: warmer, foot
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: mahogany (box material)
label: Physical Description
content: velvet, silk (upholstery material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron (container material)
label: Physical Description
content: tin (container material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (hardware material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 in x 7 1/4 in x 5 7/8 in; 7.62 cm x 18.415 cm x 14.9225 cm