Coffeepot Patent Model
date: label: patent date
content: 1876-03-28
notes: label: Description
content: Full-size patent model (U.S. Patent No. 175,339) of a dual-chamber coffeepot with an internal cylindrical pot enclosed by a pit-bottom boiler or water reservoir to prevent the coffee from burning, made by Marilla H. Curtis of Toledo, OH, and patented on March 28, 1876. Pot has a vented, low-domed cover and is perforated at V-shaped spout with hinged lid, while the U-shaped spout below the molded bandon body opens into the reservoir and is partially covered by a small hinged lid to permit steam to escape. Reinforced strap bail handle swings on riveted ears; two strap assist or lifting handles are on opposite sides near bottom. All seams folded. No marks on object, but two darkened and torn paper tags tied to spout lid with red or purple (faded) wove ribbon are printed and handwritten with the patent information for the "Coffee Pot".
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
label: associated place
content: United States: Ohio, Toledo
topic: label: Subject
content: Beverages
label: Subject
content: Daily Life
label: Subject
content: Food Culture
label: Subject
content: Kitchen utensils
label: Subject
content: Patent Models
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.69.0066
label: catalog number
content: 69.0066
label: accession number
content: 280127
label: patent number
content: 75339
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coffeepot
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron, tinned sheet (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wire, iron (rims; edges material)
label: Physical Description
content: copper (pit bottom material)
label: Physical Description
content: porcelain (cover and lid knobs material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 5/8 in x 11 3/8 in x 9 in; 29.5275 cm x 28.8925 cm x 22.86 cm