Teakettle
date: label: date made
content: 19th century
label: date made
content: ca 1780-1820
notes: label: Description
content: Onion-form teakettle with crooked gooseneck spout and cast-in arched ears for the forged strap bail handle, rectangular in section; three D-section feet. Cover is made of a flat, circular piece of sheet-iron cover nailed to a wooden disk; wooden knob. Kettle is hollow cast with horizontal and vertical seams on body and spout; body with single gate mark on bottom exterior. Raised cast-in mark below back ear has the serif letters "J.CP" between a sunburst above and below, all inside a serrated circle.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Estate of John Paul Remensnyder
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1982.0090.46
label: accession number
content: 1982.0090
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0090.46
objectType: label: Object Name
content: teakettle
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron, cast (pot material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron, wrought (pot handle material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (cover material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 1/8 in x 12 1/2 in x 10 3/8 in; 18.0975 cm x 31.75 cm x 26.3525 cm