Cooker, fireless
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- OBJECT TYPE
- ELECTRIC/BOTTOM OVEN
- DATE
- 1912
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.0761.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Copeman Electric Stove Co.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Flint, Michigan, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 1778
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOOD (OAK?) HOUSING & BASE/ SHEET METAL COOKTOP WITH NICKEL? PLATED EDGING/ SHEET NICKEL ALLOY/ALUMINUM? OVEN & OVEN DOOR LINING/ COMPOSITION BOARD? OVEN DOORFRONTS WITH NICKEL? PLATED METAL FRAMES, HINGES & LATCHES/ METAL RACK/ PORCELAIN ELEMENT FEET & WALL PLUG/ GLASS FACE ONTHERMOMEMTERS/ SYNTHETIC TIMER? KNOBS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 102.6 cm
- Width
- 49.0 cm
- Height
- 95.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Domestic Technology
- Category
- Food processing
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Copeman
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Michigan
- City
- Flint
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
According to a letter in the OH archives, the Copeman fireless cookers were the first electric stoves sold in Ontario.Was donated to the St. Thomas P.U.C. by T.S. Heard of St. Thomas. - Function
-
Unknown - Technical
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the patent was sold to Westinghouse Electric Corporation ca. 1918. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- MFR'S PLATE READS: 'COPEMAN/ PATENTED [SEE PAT. REF. FOR DATES]/ AUTOMATIC ELECTRIC COOKSTOVE/ MANUFACTURED BY/ THE COPEMAN ELECTRIC STOVE CO./ FLINT, MICHIGAN'/ '110 VOLTS. 23 AMPERES.' & '1778' ON BACK/ THERMOMETER DIALS READ: '123456789 Super/ COPEMAN/ AUTOMATIC/ ELECTRIC/ COOKSTOVE/ TRADE MARK REGISTERED'/ ELEMENTS MARKED '434200 110V 6.75A.' (8"), '481255 110V 6.75 A.' (10") & '550830 V10[4?] A[?]' (OVEN)/ 'FRONT' AT EDGE OF OVEN DRIP PAN/ ELEMENT PROTECTOR/ ELEMENT RECEPTACLES MARKED 'HUBBELL 10A 250V'/ '10A. 250V.' ON ELEMENT DIALS AT FRONT
- Missing
- COOKTOP SOCKET CONTROL KNOBS/ CERAMIC ELEMENT FEET (1 FROM SMALLER COOKTOP ELEMENT; 3? FROM OVEN ELEMENT) From CA of 08/29/1994 by Tony Missio: Yes - Missing element from smaller oven, knobs from switches above oven doors.
- Finish
- HOUSING & BASE WOOD VARNISHED/ COOKTOP METAL UNFINISHED/ COOKTOP TRIM, OVEN & OVEN DOOR LINING & OVEN DOOR FRAMES, HINGES & LATCHES METAL WITH POLISHED FINISH/ OVEN DOOR FRONTS COMPOSITION BOARD? PAINTED BLACK/ ELEMENT FEET WHITE CERAMIC/ KNOBS BLACK SYNTHETIC
- Decoration
- RECESSED PANELS ON SIDES & BACK
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Copeman Electric Stove Co., Cooker, fireless, circa 1912, Artifact no. 1992.0761, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.0761.001/
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