Milk or Cream Can

Description:

Two-pint container with high-arched, tapered strap side handle. Made in four pieces: a seamless, slightly flared, wire-rimmed neck; conical, soft-soldered lapped-seam breast; cylindrical, folded-seam body; and flat bottom crimped at underedge, all joined by folded and soldered seams. Handle has wire-reinforced, rolled-under edges and is soldered at center of breast and top of body, just below seam. Bottom underside stamped "A.C.Co. (arched) / 2 A". No cover.

Date Made: ca 1905 - 1915

Maker: American Can Company

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States

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

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Credit Line: Gift of Kenneth E. Jewett

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: DL.251349.0177Catalog Number: 251349.0177Accession Number: 251349

Object Name: can, milk

Physical Description: iron (overall material)tin (overall material)wire, iron (rims material)Measurements: overall: 5 1/2 in x 3 1/8 in x 3 in; 13.97 cm x 7.9375 cm x 7.62 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ae-b140-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_310657

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