Miniature Teakettle
Miniature Teakettle
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- Description
- Turnip-form teakettle with crooked gooseneck spout and cast-in ears on its high, rounded shoulder for the arched, wire bail handle; three conical feet. Stepped, molded cover with broken end of a cast-in wire loop handle at center. Both pieces are hollow cast: cover has single gate mark on top; kettle has horizontal and vertical seams on body and spout with single gate mark on bottom exterior. No additional marks.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- teakettle, miniature
- date made
- ca 1800-1830
- place made
- United States
- Physical Description
- iron, cast (pot, cover material)
- iron, wrought (handle material)
- Measurements
- overall: 3 5/8 in x 6 1/2 in x 5 1/4 in; 9.2075 cm x 16.51 cm x 13.335 cm
- ID Number
- DL.388253
- catalog number
- 388253
- accession number
- 182022
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Arthur M. Greenwood
- See more items in
- Cultural and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Domestic Furnishings
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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