Teakettle
date: label: date made
content: 19th century
label: date made
content: ca 1830-1840
notes: label: Description
content: Onion-form teakettle with crooked gooseneck spout and cast-in, splayed arched ears for the faceted strap bail handle; three D-section feet. Low-domed, molded cover with cast-in wire loop handle. Both pieces are hollow cast: cover has gate mark on top; kettle has horizontal and vertical seams on body and spout with single gate mark on bottom exterior. Cast-in marks below back ear "W:S 3." in a dotted oval and "N.&W.S.EDDY" in a zig-zag bordered oval, both in raised serif letters.
label: Description
content: Maker is Nathaniel and William S. Eddy, who operated the Eddy Furnace, located in what is now Middleboro, MA, circa 1830-1840. Their father, Joshua, founded the furnace sometime around the Revolution, which might explain why stylistically this teapot appears earlier in date, circa 1780-1820.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Middleboro
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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: 1982.0090.37
label: accession number
content: 1982.0090
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0090.37
objectType: label: Object Name
content: teakettle
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron, cast (pot, cover material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron, wrought (handle material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 1/2 in x 12 in x 8 3/8 in; 21.59 cm x 30.48 cm x 21.2725 cm