• Born: 12 Jul 1834, Lancaster MA
• Died: 4 Mar 1877, Boston MA

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• He was issued patent number 79,543 on 7 Jul 1868
  
  THEODORE F. BIGELOW, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.
  
  Letters Patent No. 79,543, dated July 7, 1868.
  
  IMPROVED VEGETABLE-SERVER.
  
  To all whom it may concern:
  Be it known that I, Theodore F. Bigelow, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk, and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new Apparatus for Serving Vegetables, or" Jardiniere;" and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in which—
  Figure 1 is a view of the "jardiniere," with a portion of the top removed.
  Figure 2 is a section of the same on the line x x.
  Figure 3 is a view of a different construction of the same article.
  Figure 4 is a partial section of the same on the line y y.
  The object of my invention.is to provide a useful article for the tables of those persons who do not wish servants to attend them at meals, and I have contrived s stand, to be set in the middle of the table, and to hold dishes of vegetables or other articles, in such a manner that it can be revolved by any person desiring to reach a dish which is on the opposite side.
  The arrangement, which is shown in figs. 1 and 2, contains a base; A, slightly raised from the table, and having its centre pivoted to a top, B, the sides of the top covering the base, A. Rollers C are attached to the top, B, and move on a circular track, D.
  In figs. 3 and 4, I have shown an arrangement, by which shelves, E, may be connected with the top B, having openings in the sides for the reception of plates.
  It is obvious that this article may be made in various forms, without changing the essential features of my invention; as, for instance, circular or many sided; that the track D may be dispensed with; that the journal may be made in a different manner, and that it may be highly ornamented.
  What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is—
  The apparatus above described, consisting of the base, A, the top, B, the rollers C, and a journal, arranged and operating substantially as described, when the same is made portable so as to be used on an ordinary table.
  
  Theo. F. Bigelow
  
  Witnesses:
  Chas. F. Sleeper
  J. E. Maynadier