Teakettle
date: label: date made
content: ca 1850
label: date made
content: ca 1850-1870
notes: label: Description
content: Pit-bottom teakettle with gooseneck spout and cast-in arched ears on its high, rounded shoulder for the mushroom-shaped, forged wire bail handle; three button feet. Double-stepped, flared cover with button knop has two holes near top, one plugged. Both pieces are hollow cast: body has a horizontal seam that extends to top of spout and a single gate mark on bottom exterior. Cast-in mark of a raised "8" on kettle underside.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
label: place used
content: United States: California
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 Mrs. Joan Pearson Watkins
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1980.0569.03
label: accession number
content: 1980.0569
label: catalog number
content: 1980.0569.03
objectType: label: Object Name
content: teakettle
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron, cast (kettle, cover material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron, wrought (handle material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 3/4 in x 13 3/8 in x 7 3/8 in; 24.765 cm x 33.9725 cm x 18.7325 cm