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Domestic furnishings and utensils — Continued 



to 1S83, at the military post. The range was not collected because of its 

 size. A third, larger stove (pi. 49, a), is represented by many fragments 

 of a furnace, of heavy sheet steel, found in excavation at the cellar of the 

 Commissary Storehouse, resting in original position on the floor. These 

 fragments of furnace, much fire damaged, were not collected. 



Other stove parts collected (listed above) are fragmentary. Many may 

 pertain to more recent use of the site of the post. One fragment (No. 

 278) bears the letters "Patented 1875," but is too small to identify it 

 with any of the stove designs patented during the year 1875. A stovepipe 

 damper (No. 1504) carries the cast letters "The Adams Company/ 

 Diamond." 



Stove equipment (Nos. 6.35, 717, 871). A long-handled small coal shovel 

 (No. 635), suitable for use with a heating stove having a small door, 

 was excavated at the site of the West Wing of the Hospital. Two lid 

 lifters (Nos. 717, 871) were also found. The latter bear illegible lettering 

 and "No. 382." 



Chairs (Nos. 1611, 1690, 1691, 1782). Fragments of chair rungs, of turned 

 wood, obtained at the site of the Commanding OfiQcer's Quarters. Though 

 some of the fragments may be of some age, nothing of the design of the 

 chairs could be learned from the fragments obtained. 



CaMnets. Hardware from various types of cabinets is represented in the 

 collections. Among these are locks and latches, some with arabesque 

 designs (Nos. 265, 266, 745, 842, 850, 863, 872, 918, 1139, 1225, 2056) (illus- 

 trated example pi. 51, n) ; casters of white earthenware and metal (Nos. 

 1252, 1422, 1423, 1601) ; and knobs for cabinet doors or drawers (Nos. 950, 

 951,2053). 



Stands (Nos. 786, 923). Parts of two twisted-wire objects, perhaps stands 

 for picture frames. 



Lamps (Nos. 50, 51, 61, 63, 155, 180, 239, 269, 277, 285-287, 358, 359, 369, 

 374, 435, 481, 482, 492, 502, 576, 754, 767, 768, 771, 828, 1058-1060, 1102, 

 1107, 1240, 1415, 1505, 1719). Numerous cast-iron lamp baskets and 

 brackets (and fragments) for holding kerosene lamps of glass, encoun- 

 tered especially on the sites of buildings that were destroyed by fire. 

 These baskets and brackets (e. g., Nos. 435, 481, 502, 754) appear to be 

 of very similar design (though damaged), and carry arabesque designs 

 or openwork. 



One lamp chimney (No. 1102), a large portion of which was preserved, 

 is a cylindrical tube, apparently of more heat-resistant glass, of the Argand 

 style (11/4 inches in diameter at the upper end; 1% inches in diameter 

 at the lower end; incomplete). In this lamp, which was for use with 

 kerosene and other fuels, a tubular wick permitted a circular flame. The 

 special chimney increased the brilliance of the flame (Hough, 1928, pp. 

 71-72 and pi. 66, a). Other fragments (e.g.. No. 1107) are derived from 

 the more common bulbous variety of lamp chimney. 



One brass wick mantle part (No. 1415) is die stamped "Steel Mantle, 

 Toledo Ohio" (2^4 inches in diameter). Another similar mantle (No. 180) 

 bears die stamped on the wick-roller knob, the legend : "Pat. Jan. 16, 83 & 

 Feb. 11, 73 [sic]." A patent record of the earlier date has not been 

 found, but a record of the later date shows that a patent was issued on 

 January 16, 1883, to Thomas Burns, Brooklyn, N.Y., for an extinguisher 

 for lamp burners (U.S. Patent Office Official Gazette, Jan. 16, 1883, vol. 23, 

 p. 211). An earlier patent, for a lamp, had been issued February 11, 1873, 

 to Lewis J. Atwood, Waterbury, Conn,, assigned to the Plume and Atwood 



