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Object Number 991-12-60/15073A
Display Title Miniature Stove for Heating Wine in Two Parts (Cup and Stoke)
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Yes (Chinese name)
Object Description Miniature stove for heating wine. Modeled after the large charcoal stoves used for heating rooms in two parts: (a) cup - where wine is heated; (b) stoke. <transliteration> (Chinese name). (a) 3.3 cm. (diameter) x 2 cm. (h); (b) 8.2 cm. (diameter) x 12 cm. (h).
Inventory Description Stove, burner, brass, small cylinder insert for top of stove, wide rim, flat bas
Classification
  • Food processing
Department Ethnographic
Date late 19th century - early 20th century
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / China
Materials Brass
Dimensions Overall: 1.9 x 3.3 x 3.2 cm (3/4 x 1 5/16 x 1 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 991-12-60/15073A
Provenance
Collector Sarah Pike Conger (1898 - 1905)
Donor Sarah Conger Buchan Jewell

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