Dutch Oven

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.

Date Made: ca 1922Date Used: ca 1922-1940

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Ohio, SidneyPlace Used: United States: New York, BrooklynUsed: United States: New York, Brooklyn

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

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Credit Line: Gift of Verna E. Smith

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1990.0618.01Catalog Number: 1990.618.01Accession Number: 1990.0618

Object Name: oven, Dutch

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

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-1032-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1065963

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