Patent model of a stove barrel
Unknown American, American
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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