Milk Can
Milk Can
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- Description
- Three-gallon milk can with reinforced side handle, neck and body. Made in four pieces: a wire-rimmed, soft-soldered lapped-seam neck; tall, conical, folded-seam breast; cylindrical, folded-seam body; and flat bottom, all joined by soft-soldered folded seams with soft-soldered lapped-seam bands added at neck and at top and base of body, plus a seamless band around bottom. High arched, tapered strap side handle and bands on body have wire-reinforced, rolled-over edges. No marks. No cover.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- can, milk
- date made
- ca 1905
- place made
- United States
- Physical Description
- iron (overall material)
- tin (overall material)
- wire, iron (rims material)
- Measurements
- overall: 15 3/4 in x 8 5/8 in x 8 1/2 in; 40.005 cm x 21.9075 cm x 21.59 cm
- ID Number
- DL.251349.0180
- catalog number
- 251349.0180
- accession number
- 251349
- Credit Line
- Gift of Kenneth E. Jewett
- See more items in
- Cultural and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Domestic Furnishings
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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