Tea Kettle
Tea Kettle
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- Description
- Shallow-domed, seamless kettle with bell-shaped, side-hinged lid topped by a button knop and a mushroom- or inverted bell-shaped strap bail handle; straight tapered, soft-soldered lapped-seam spout soft-soldered in place. Spun body has one large hole at spout. Flat bottom with folded edge and foot ring. Handle secured to soft-soldered tabs with. No marks. Vestiges of red paint across body, large amount under handle.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- kettle
- date made
- 1895-1915
- place made
- United States
- Physical Description
- iron (overall material)
- tin (overall material)
- copper (washers material)
- paint (exterior decoration material)
- Measurements
- overall: 3 7/8 in x 8 1/8 in x 7 1/4 in; 9.8425 cm x 20.6375 cm x 18.415 cm
- ID Number
- DL.238049.0095
- catalog number
- 238049.0095
- 238049.0095
- accession number
- 238049
- Credit Line
- Gift of Kenneth E. Jewett
- See more items in
- Cultural and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Domestic Furnishings
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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