Saucepan

Description:

Plain, raised, tapered cylindrical cup or bowl with a slightly flared rim, applied foot ring, and conical socket with baluster-turned wood handle mounted at a steep upward angle to a heart-shaped plate. Underside of flat bottom is struck three times around the centerpoint "WH" in raised script in a rectangle.

Date Made: 1763 - 1776

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Maryland, Baltimore

See more items in: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life, Domestic Furnishings

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Credit Line: Estate of Arthur Michael

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: DL.383519Catalog Number: 383519Accession Number: 162866

Object Name: saucepan

Physical Description: silver (saucepan; pin material)wood (handle material)Measurements: overall: 3 3/8 in x 6 3/4 in x 3 3/8 in; 8.5725 cm x 17.145 cm x 8.5725 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-fb95-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_301073

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