Double Oven Patent Model
date: label: Date made
content: 1855-07-31
label: patent date
content: 1855-07-31
name: label: inventor
content: Hayes, John P.
notes: label: Description
content: Patent model (U.S. Patent No. 13, 375) of a vertically-oriented double oven, the upper oven having a removable lining, made by John P. Hayes of Philadelphia, PA, and patented on July 31, 1855. Painted brown or faux grained with gilt accents. Both ovens have panel-patterned double doors and internal racks. Proper right side has a horizontal top vent with sliding door, two vertical panels with heart-shaped air vents, and a horizontal bottom vent. Loose part of unknown purpose and what appears to be a small plate are stored inside object. Maker's name and location cast in pediment. Fragments of darkened paper tags tied to object and reproduction patent tag stored with object are printed and handwritten with patent information and catalog numbers.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
label: associated place
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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.251516
label: accession number
content: 48890
label: patent number
content: 13,375
label: catalog number
content: 251516
objectType: label: Object Name
content: oven
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (decoration material)
label: Physical Description
content: gold (decoration material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 3/4 in x 6 1/4 in x 7 in; 29.845 cm x 15.875 cm x 17.78 cm