Stove-Lid Lifter
date: label: date made
content: ca 1900
notes: label: Description
content: Contoured, wire coil handle stove-lid or cover lifter. Cast rectangular hook with short cross-arms continues to an arched or raised wrist, hollowed on front and back, and straight shank, cross-shape in section and topped by a domed button, that is threaded at both ends to receive spiraled wire for insulating grip; hanging loop at top. Partial size mark cast in underside above wrist "1-[B]".
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
label: place used
content: United States: California
topic: label: Subject
content: Food Culture
label: Subject
content: Household Tools and Equipment
label: Subject
content: Kitchen utensils
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.65.1376
label: catalog number
content: 65.1376
label: accession number
content: 280280
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lifter, stove-lid
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron, cast (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wire, iron or steel (grip material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/4 in x 9 3/8 in x 1 1/4 in; 3.175 cm x 23.8125 cm x 3.175 cm