Patent model of a stove barrel

Unknown American, American

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1882

Leather, wood, steel, and paint

Overall: 4 3/4 × 4 15/16 × 5 5/16 in. (12 × 12.6 × 13.5 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of the United States Patent Office

47.9.23217

Geography

Place Made: United States, North America

Period

19th century

Object Name

Model

Research Area

American History

Not on view

Inscriptions

Paper label "New Castle, Pa. Lawrence Co. 1882, James A. Horton's Expanding stove barrel."

Provenance

United States Patent Office, Washington, D.C.; given to Dartmouth College, 1872; catalogued by present collection, 1947.

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