Duncklee's Patent Camping and Mining Stove
date: label: date made
content: 1875
label: patent date
content: 1875-06-22
notes: label: Description
content: Two-hole, portable cooking or camp stove consisting of an oblong, bead-molded firebox and friction-fit, cast-iron top with two hole covers that lifts off so the stovepipe, legs and additional equipment can be packed inside for transport; folded seams and riveted construction, finished black. Rolled-rim firebox has a circular damper on front, ring handles at sides and four leg slots on underside; two pintles and a pivoting hook on back held a removable, hinged, five-sided oven (missing) that also fit inside. Embossed, bead-bordered, gilt-brass oval tag riveted above damper reads "H. L. DUNCKLEE (arched) / PATENTED / JUNE 22, 1875 / BOSTON, MASS. (curved)" in serif letters. "C P 1-2" cast in underside of both hole covers.
label: Description
content: Currently contains four sections of stovepipe (two 2-part telescoping sections and two single sections; all with lapped riveted seams); two rectangular sheet-metal shelf or pan supports that mounted inside the oven; two short legs for stove; one long leg for oven; one L-shaped arm or bracket (possibly to support a shelf on front of stove top); and two curved pan handles or pot lifters with hooked ends.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Taunton
label: DELETE
content: United States: Massachusetts, Taunton
topic: label: Subject
content: Camping
label: Subject
content: Cooking
label: Subject
content: Fishing
label: Subject
content: Hunting
label: Subject
content: Sports and Recreation, general
label: Subject
content: Miners
label: Subject
content: Patented
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: ZZ.RSN81544U02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: stove, cooking
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron, cast (top plate; plate covers; legs material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron, sheet (firebox; chimney or stovepipe material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass, gilt (nameplate material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 1/2 in x 21 1/4 in x 13 3/8 in; 31.75 cm x 53.975 cm x 33.9725 cm