Teakettle
Teakettle
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- Description
- Onion-form teakettle with crooked gooseneck spout and cast-in, clipped-corner ears for the strap bail handle, rectangular in section; three, V-section or notched triangular feet. Stepped and molded cover with empty hole for a handle. Both pieces are hollow cast: cover has a single gate mark on outside; kettle has horizontal and vertical seams on body and spout with single gate mark on bottom exterior. Cast-in mark below back ear "D:SHAW." in raised serif letters inside a zig-zag bordered oval.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- teakettle
- date made
- ca 1780 - 1820
- place made
- United States
- Physical Description
- iron, cast (pot, cover material)
- iron, wrought (handle material)
- Measurements
- overall: 6 5/8 in x 11 7/8 in x 8 5/8 in; 16.8275 cm x 30.1625 cm x 21.9075 cm
- ID Number
- 1982.0090.34
- accession number
- 1982.0090
- catalog number
- 1982.0090.34
- Credit Line
- Estate of John Paul Remensnyder
- See more items in
- Cultural and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Domestic Furnishings
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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