Bidspirit auction | Geo H Stahl Wooden Hen

Geo H Stahl Wooden Hen Egg Incubator - A late nineteenth-century tabletop egg incubator, marketed as The Wooden Hen. The rectangular cabinet is constructed of wood with dovetail and finger-jointed corners, featuring an egg-and-dart molded cornice around the top lid. The front features a pull-out drawer with a rectangular glass viewing pane and a white porcelain knob. The interior of the drawer contains a wire mesh floor supported by wooden slats. A vertical metal heating assembly is attached to the side, housing a brass kerosene lamp burner and topped with a vented chimney. The top of the incubator is fitted with a brass mechanical regulator assembly. A printed paper decal on the front face, shaped as a banner with swallowtail ends, reads THE WOODEN HEN. / MANUFACTURED BY / GEO. H. STAHL / QUINCY / PATENTED / ILLINOIS. A brass fitting on the top is incised with PATD OCT 25 1892. The lot includes four ceramic nest eggs.