Pot

Description:

Plain pot on three, semicircular feet with a forged bail handle looped around pierced flat-top tabs; tapered sides and rounded bottom. Hollow cast with a low-relief design, placed once on body, of a spreadwing, shield-body eagle, banner in beak facing left, above the raised serif letters "MB", all within a fluted-edge trapezoid; two crossed gate marks on bottom exterior.

Date Made: 1800-185019th century

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States

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

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Credit Line: Estate of John Paul Remensnyder

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1982.0090.71Accession Number: 1982.0090Catalog Number: 1982.0090.71

Object Name: pot

Physical Description: iron, cast (kettle material)iron, wrought (handle material)Measurements: overall: 7 7/8 in x 11 1/2 in x 9 3/4 in; 20.0025 cm x 29.21 cm x 24.765 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a1-1c6f-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_319707

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