Foot Warmer
date: label: patent date
content: 1876-01-25
name: label: inventor
content: Reed, Edwards A.
notes: label: Description
content: Full-size patent model (U.S. Patent No. 172,773) of a foot warmer or stove, made by Edward A. Reed of Oliver Springs, TN, and patented on January 25, 1876. Consists of a stepped-top or rabbeted-edge rectangular box with a cylindrical chimney at one end and a hinged door at the other; arched straps at both ends serve as guards while the cross-strap between is both for support and a handle. Contains a smaller, removable, rectangular box for the fuel with a hinged front door fitted with a damper; a hole pierced at top back lines up with the chimney. Copper rivets. No marks. No tags.
label: Description
content: Can also be used as a travelling cook stove.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Tennessee, Oliver Springs
label: associated place
content: United States: Tennessee, Oliver Springs
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.251437
label: catalog number
content: 251437
label: patent number
content: 172,773
label: accession number
content: 48890
objectType: label: Object Name
content: warmer, foot
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: copper (exterior box; chimney; straps; rivets material)
label: Physical Description
content: steel (interior box material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 3/4 in x 8 1/2 in x 5 1/4 in; 29.845 cm x 21.59 cm x 13.335 cm