Elevated Oven Patent Model
date: label: Date made
content: 1843-03-30
label: patent date
content: 1843-03-30
name: label: inventor
content: Spaulding, Samuel B.
notes: label: Description
content: Patent model (U.S. Patent No. 3,021) of a horizontal cylindrical, elevated or stepped-back oven with a firebox for its base that attaches to a cooking or heating stove; made by Samuel B. Spaulding of Brandon, VT, and patented on March 30, 1843. Folded seams. Single damper that slides back and forth at back center underside of oven is for two flues: one surrounding the oven and the other, for when the damper is pushed in and the oven is not in use, wraps around its front half. No marks on object, but paper tags tied on with red wove ribbon and stored separately are printed and handwritten with patent information and object numbers.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Vermont, Brandon
label: associated place
content: United States: Vermont, Brandon
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.251513
label: accession number
content: 48890
label: patent number
content: 3,021
label: catalog number
content: 251513
objectType: label: Object Name
content: oven
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: tin (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 3/4 in x 4 1/8 in x 3 5/8 in; 9.525 cm x 10.4775 cm x 9.2075 cm