Hot Water Urn
date: label: date made
content: ca 1875
name: label: maker
content: Simpson, Hall, Miller, and Co.
notes: label: Description
content: Flat-chased, two-handled, ovoid urn with plain, incurved neck and low-domed conical cover topped by an upright flower on short, conical or tapered circular base mounted inside four, cast, S-curve, strapwork legs with a bearded man's face at the knees and scrolled acanthus feet. Decoration includes a low-relief band of plumed birds amidst flowers and urns at the shoulder and asymmetrical, Japonesque or oriental-inspired designs on the body featuring two angled bands with geometric-patterned semicircles. Vertical, square tapered, bracket handles with C-curve terminals. Twist spigot handle with bone knobs. Circular frame attached to interior of legs holds a removable, single-wick spirit burner. Underside of tapered base is struck incuse with an oval mark for "SIMPSON, HALL, MILLER & CO / +" encircling "TREBLE / PLATE" at center.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Wallingford
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Roger Pryor Templin in memory of Daisy Templin
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.219034.0013
label: catalog number
content: 219034.0013
label: accession number
content: 219034
objectType: label: Object Name
content: urn, hot water
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver plate (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: bone (knobs material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 16 1/4 in x 10 3/4 in x 8 1/2 in; 41.275 cm x 27.305 cm x 21.59 cm