Camp Stove Patent Model
date: label: Date made
content: 1864-10-11
label: patent date
content: 1864-10-11
name: label: inventor
content: Dunton, Jacob
notes: label: Description
content: Patent model (U.S. Patent No. 44,617) of a camp stove, made by Jacob Dunton of Philadelphia, PA, and patented on October 11, 1864. Consists of an open-bottom rectangular casing with circular opening for an internal reservoir with spigot; sliding damper below spigot at one end and a covered chimney or smoke pipe at the other. Oval carrying handles at both ends of top. Missing cover for reservoir mouth. No marks on object, but tag with purple wove ribbon tied to carrying handle is printed and handwritten with patent information and object 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
label: See more items in
content: Domestic Furnishings
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.251425
label: catalog number
content: 251425
label: patent number
content: 44,617
label: accession number
content: 48890
objectType: label: Object Name
content: stove, camp
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: tin (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (handles material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 7/8 in x 3 7/8 in x 7 7/8 in; 27.6225 cm x 9.8425 cm x 20.0025 cm