Skimmer
Skimmer
- Description
- Large, shallow, circular skimmer attached with three rivets to a slender, cylindrical handle flattened into a reverse-tapered end with counterclockwise loop; two of the rivets are hammered flat on front. Bowl is perforated with small holes arranged into four concentric circles around one hole at center; turning marks visible on front and back of bowl. No other marks.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1775 - 1825
- place made
- United States
- Physical Description
- brass (bowl material)
- steel (handle material)
- copper (rivets material)
- Measurements
- overall: 2 3/8 in x 24 3/4 in x 7 1/2 in; 6.0325 cm x 62.865 cm x 19.05 cm
- ID Number
- DL.388478
- catalog number
- 388478
- accession number
- 182022
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Arthur M. Greenwood
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Domestic Furnishings
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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