Foot Warmer
Foot Warmer
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- Description
- Full-size patent model (U.S. Patent No. 172,773) of a foot warmer or stove, made by Edward A. Reed of Oliver Springs, TN, and patented on January 25, 1876. Consists of a stepped-top or rabbeted-edge rectangular box with a cylindrical chimney at one end and a hinged door at the other; arched straps at both ends serve as guards while the cross-strap between is both for support and a handle. Contains a smaller, removable, rectangular box for the fuel with a hinged front door fitted with a damper; a hole pierced at top back lines up with the chimney. Copper rivets. No marks. No tags.
- Can also be used as a travelling cook stove.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- warmer, foot
- Object Type
- Patent Model
- patent date
- 1876-01-25
- inventor
- Reed, Edwards A.
- place made
- United States: Tennessee, Oliver Springs
- associated place
- United States: Tennessee, Oliver Springs
- Physical Description
- copper (exterior box; chimney; straps; rivets material)
- steel (interior box material)
- Measurements
- overall: 11 3/4 in x 8 1/2 in x 5 1/4 in; 29.845 cm x 21.59 cm x 13.335 cm
- ID Number
- DL.251437
- catalog number
- 251437
- patent number
- 172,773
- accession number
- 48890
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Domestic Furnishings
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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