Object Details
- Description
- Patent model (U.S. Patent No. 206,960) of a combination portable or travel lamp and stove, made by Robert Rea Moore of Lewisville, AR, and patented on August 13, 1878. Horizontal rectangular box or case, painted black, has a wood top on removable hinge along one end; a right-hinged door on the opposite end that opens to reveal a circular convex element behind a wire mesh screen; and a sliding door along one side. Object is tied together with red wove ribbon. Paper card inscribed with inventor's name pinned to top; model maker's name stamped on sliding door. Paper tags tied to hinge pin with purple wove ribbon and string are printed and handwritten with patent information and object numbers.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- inventor
- Moore, Robert R.
- Date made
- 1878-08-13
- patent date
- 1878-08-13
- Physical Description
- iron (overall material)
- tin (overall material)
- wood (top material)
- paint (exterior finish material)
- mesh, iron (screen material)
- brass (hardware material)
- Measurements
- overall: 4 3/4 in x 6 in x 4 1/8 in; 12.065 cm x 15.24 cm x 10.4775 cm
- Object Name
- lamp
- stove
