gas burner base
Date: 1870-1930
Inventory Number: 1998-1-1581
Classification: Burner
Subject:
Maker: American ?
Maker: German ?
Cultural Region:
Dimensions:
9 x 8 x 7.5 cm (3 9/16 x 3 1/8 x 2 15/16 in.)
Material:
iron,
Description:
The cast-iron base of a gas burner, about 3/4 of it circular with a wedge where a horizontal gas inlet reaches its center, where there is a nozzle pointing upwards. The base includes a very peculiar stand in the shape of a vertical column that divides into three fingers, two of which making right angle turns around what would be the tube standing atop the nozzle if it were present.
Signedunsigned
Inscribedembossed: PAT [?] [illegible]