Milk Can

Description:

Two-quart milk can with reinforced, tapered strap side handle and neck topped by a circular flat-top cover with arched strap handle; clipped-corner rectangular brass tags stamped "C. JEWETT" are soldered to breast and cover. Can made in four pieces: a wire-rimmed neck, conical breast and cylindrical body, all with folded seams, and a flat bottom; all joined by folded seams with a soft-soldered lapped-seam band added at neck. Cover has folded edge and lapped seam collar. Both handles have wire-reinforced, rolled-over edges and are soldered in place. Four dots of solder for feet on bottom underside of can. No other marks.

Date Made: ca 1900

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States

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

Exhibition:

Exhibition Location:

Credit Line: Gift of Kenneth E. Jewett

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: DL.251349.0181Catalog Number: 251349.0181Accession Number: 251349

Object Name: can, milk

Physical Description: iron (overall material)tin (overall material)wire, iron (rims material)brass (tags material)Measurements: overall: 10 1/8 in x 6 1/8 in x 5 1/4 in; 25.7175 cm x 15.5575 cm x 13.335 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ae-b1e1-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_310654

Our collection database is a work in progress. We may update this record based on further research and review. Learn more about our approach to sharing our collection online.

If you would like to know how you can use content on this page, see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use. If you need to request an image for publication or other use, please visit Rights and Reproductions.