Dutch Oven

Dutch Oven

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Description
Dutch oven with an arched-handled, low-domed cover cast with three, raised, concentric zig-zag circles on its underside to catch moisture; contains a circular, bail-handled, wire mesh basket and pierced trivet on three short feet. Flat-bottomed pot has a wire bail handle looped around horizontal, E-shaped lugs or ears and a tab assist handle between them. Cover, pot and trivet are cast with several marks providing maker and product information, including patent numbers.
Maker is Wagner Ware, Sidney, OH.
Location
Currently not on view
Object Name
oven, Dutch
date made
ca 1922
date used
ca 1922-1940
place made
United States: Ohio, Sidney
place used
United States: New York, Brooklyn
used
United States: New York, Brooklyn
Physical Description
iron, cast (cover, pot material)
wire mesh, iron (basket material)
aluminum, cast (trivet material)
Measurements
overall: 6 3/4 in x 13 in x 12 3/8 in x 11 1/4 in; 17.145 cm x 33.02 cm x 31.4325 cm x 28.575 cm
ID Number
1990.0618.01
catalog number
1990.618.01
accession number
1990.0618
Credit Line
Gift of Verna E. Smith
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Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
Domestic Furnishings
Data Source
National Museum of American History
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