Full-size patent model (U.S. Patent No. 35,936) of a foot warmer or stove, made by Solomon Hunt of Danville, IN, and patented on July 22, 1862. Consists of a wooden box with a black-curtained, angled front opening enclosing a slanted, slotted platform with copper plate underneath on which to place one's feet; the opening at bottom back holds a sliding alcohol-burning lamp with loop strap handle. Top has a bail handle at front and rectangular brass plaque at back marked "Solomon Hunt / Danville, Ind". Two small brass-lined ventilation holes at sides. Black plain-weave curtain with a pink, blue and yellow, machine-stitched border is tacked in place.
| patent date | 1862-07-22 |
| inventor | Hunt, Solomon |
| place made | United States: Indiana, Danville |
| associated place | United States: Illinois, Danville |
| Physical Description | mahogany (box material) |
| Physical Description | copper (radiator plate material) |
| Physical Description | cloth (curtain material) |
| Physical Description | brass (ventilation holes material) |
| Physical Description | metal, white (handle material) |
| Measurements | overall: 7 1/2 in x 9 in x 11 1/8 in; 19.05 cm x 22.86 cm x 28.2575 cm |
| ID Number | DL.251427 |
| catalog number | 251427 |
| patent number | 35,936 |
| accession number | 48890 |
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