Hanging Holder

Description:

Quarter-circle pan with flat, curved front edge and two, wire-rimmed, straight sides that is attached to a long, straight, metal-wrapped, looped wire handle on back of one side with two rivets. Pan is made from one piece, cut and folded into shape; no solder visible. No marks.

Date Made: late 19th century

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 Dr. and Mrs. Arthur M. Greenwood

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: DL.388543Catalog Number: 388543Accession Number: 182022

Object Name: holder, hangingObject Type: Lighting DevicesCandleholdersLighting DevicesOther Terms: Candleholder; Lighting Devices; Socket

Physical Description: iron (overall material)tin (overall material)iron wire (handle; rim; sides material)Measurements: overall: 5 1/4 in x 19 3/4 in x 5 1/8 in; 13.335 cm x 50.165 cm x 13.0175 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ae-37fe-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_317066

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