Teakettle
Teakettle
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- Description
- Onion-form teakettle with crooked gooseneck spout and cast-in arched ears for the arched strap bail handle, rectangular in section; three D-section feet. Hollow cast with horizontal and vertical seams on body and spout; body with single gate mark on bottom exterior. Cast-in mark on shoulder "SC" in raised serif letters separated by a wheat sheaf motif above a leafy or lobed design. No cover.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- teakettle
- date made
- 1770 - 1800
- place made
- United States
- place used
- United States: Virginia, New Market
- place collected
- United States: Virginia, New Market
- Physical Description
- iron, cast (kettle material)
- iron, wrought (handle material)
- Measurements
- overall: 6 3/8 in x 12 in x 9 1/4 in; 16.1925 cm x 30.48 cm x 23.495 cm
- ID Number
- DL.69.0293
- catalog number
- 69.0293
- accession number
- 280280
- subject
- Beverages
- Food Culture
- kitchen
- Tea Drinking
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Domestic Furnishings
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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