Ice Pitcher
date: label: date made
content: 1869
label: presentation date
content: 1869-02-10
label: patent date
content: 1867-04-23
notes: label: Description
content: Insulated ovoid pitcher with a domed, double-walled and anthemion hinged lid topped by a cast four-leaved bud on conical stepped foot; matching fleur-de-lis finials on the anthemion spout cover and high-loop handle with square-scrolled upper terminal, arc lower terminal and faceted sockets. Flat chased grapevine decoration around upper body with "JKS" engraved at center of one side in large conjoined shaded script and "Feb. 10. 1869." on the other. Seamless interior wall has a convex perforated strainer at spout. Bottom underside has two drilled holes flanking an affixed circular metal medallion or tag stamped incuse "MF'D & PLATED BY / REED & BARTON" above "EGG SHAPED DESIGN / SEAMLESS LINED / PAT'D.APRIL 23.1867" and "833" in serif and sans serif letters. From pitcher and tray set, DL*67.0602A-B.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Taunton
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Fielding Pope Meigs, Jr.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.67.0602A
label: catalog number
content: 67.0602A
label: accession number
content: 248268
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pitcher
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver plate (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 1/8 in x 11 1/2 in x 6 3/8 in; 30.7975 cm x 29.21 cm x 16.1925 cm