Steam Cooker
date: label: patent date
content: 1872-03-05
name: label: inventor
content: Cummings, Thomas J. T.
notes: label: Description
content: Full-size patent model (U.S. Patent No. 124,256) of a set of oval pans for baking, roasting and cooking, made by Thomas J. T. Cummings of Fort Wayne, IN, and patented on March 5, 1872. Consists of an exterior cover and bottom, two interior pans, and a set of four circular bands. The tall cover fits inside the shallow bottom, which has supports inside to prevent the interior pans from coming into contact with it. The straight-sided pan can be used alone or with the tapered pan nested inside of it; the four bands can be placed underneath for additional support. Folded and riveted construction. All pans with oval wire ring handles. No marks.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Indiana, Fort Wayne
label: associated place
content: United States: Indiana, Fort Wayne
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.251421
label: catalog number
content: 251421
label: patent number
content: 124,256
label: accession number
content: 48890
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pan, baking
label: Object Name
content: pan, roasting
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: steel (exterior pans; straight interior pan; circular bands material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron (tapered interior pan material)
label: Physical Description
content: tin (tapered interior pan material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron wire (handles material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 1/2 in x 13 in x 7 3/4 in; 16.51 cm x 33.02 cm x 19.685 cm