Kettle from Mae's Millinery Shop
date: label: Date
content: 1941-1994
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Owned by
content: Mae Reeves, American, 1912 - 2016
label: Subject of
content: Mae's Millinery Shop, American, 1941 - 1994
notes: label: Description
content: A five-quart cast aluminum kettle with a wooden handle. The body of the kettle is round, with the spout cast with the body. A small oval opening is placed on top of the spout, opening by pulling a rusted screw on the left side of the opening. The back of the opening is hinged and attached to the handle, with has metal arms and a turned wooden handle. A large circular opening on top of the kettle opens by lifting up and swiveling the lid sideways toward the back of the body. Text is imprinted on the bottom of the body and the interior of the small spout opening. The text on the bottom is largely illegible from heavy use of the kettle, but includes the following: "5QT / COLONIAL DESIGN / SAFETY FILL / CAST ALUMINUM / ERIE PA [illegible] / [illegible] SEPT [illegible] / [illegible]".
place: label: Place collected
content: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Black Enterprise
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Cooking and dining
label: Topic
content: Millinery
label: Topic
content: Women
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Mae's Millinery Shop Collection
label: Classification
content: Tools and Equipment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Mae Reeves and her children, Donna Limerick and William Mincey, Jr.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2010.6.28
objectType: label: Type
content: kettles
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: aluminum and wood
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 9 5/8 x 12 3/8 x 10 1/2 in. (24.4 x 31.4 x 26.7 cm)