Charcoal Furnace
date: label: date made
content: ca 1900
notes: label: Description
content: Portable charcoal furnace for heating soldering irons. Features a cylindrical firebox on a flared pedestal base with draft holes; the low-domed cover pivots open and closed to function as a damper. Square opening on one side has an angled shelf on which to rest the irons and a vertical, manual sliding door. Wire bail handle. Folded vertical seam and riveted construction. No marks.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of F. Shipman
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.368124
label: accession number
content: 129415
label: catalog number
content: 368124
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pot, tinker's
label: Object Name
content: furnace, charcoal
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron wire (handle material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 13 1/4 in x 11 in x 9 1/8 in; 33.655 cm x 27.94 cm x 23.1775 cm