Skillet or spider on three, wide set, semicircular, splayed legs with an integral, tapered, D-section handle chamfered or notched beneath its rounded end; hemispherical bowl. Hollow cast but no gate or sprue mark is visible. No additional marks.
Skillet or spider on three, wide set, semicircular, splayed legs with an integral, tapered, D-section handle chamfered or notched beneath its rounded end; hemispherical bowl. Hollow cast but no gate or sprue mark is visible. No additional marks.
Date Made: ca 1780-1810
Location: Currently not on view
Place Made: United States
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Credit Line: Gift of Dr. Ivor Cornman
Data Source: National Museum of American History
Id Number: DL.62.0233Catalog Number: 62.0233Accession Number: 239502
Object Name: Potskillet
Physical Description: iron, cast (overall material)Measurements: overall: 3 3/8 in x 10 in x 5 1/4 in; 8.5725 cm x 25.4 cm x 13.335 cm
Metadata Usage: CC0
Guid: https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a1-22b6-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
Record Id: nmah_318645
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