Milk or Cream Can
Milk or Cream Can
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- Description
- Two-pint can with tapered strap side handle topped by a low-domed, arched strap-handled cover. Can made in four pieces: a short, wire-rimmed, soft-soldered lapped-seam neck; seamless breast; cylindrical, folded-seam body; and flat bottom crimped at underedge, all joined by folded seams. Cover has folded edge and lapped-seam collar. Both handles have wire-reinforced, rolled-over edges and are soldered in place. No marks.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- can, milk
- date made
- ca 1900
- place made
- United States
- Physical Description
- iron (overall material)
- tin (overall material)
- wire, iron (rims material)
- Measurements
- overall: 6 in x 4 1/4 in x 3 3/4 in; 15.24 cm x 10.795 cm x 9.525 cm
- ID Number
- DL.251349.0178
- catalog number
- 251349.0178
- accession number
- 251349
- Credit Line
- Gift of Kenneth E. Jewett
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Domestic Furnishings
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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