Syrup Pitcher
date: label: date made
content: after 1865
label: patent date
content: 1865-10-24
notes: label: Description
content: Conical pitcher on tapered cylindrical foot with a truncated conical hinged lid topped by a cast female bust with attached scrolled thumb piece and a cast, right-angled C-curve handle with female bust for thumbrest. Tapered cylindrical neck contains a central cylindrical pouring spout inside an angled, funneled mouth at front and a slot into body at back to capture any overflow or drippings. Underside of flat bottom struck incuse with trademark of Middletown Plate above "MIDDLETOWN PLATE C[O.]", "HARD WHITE METAL" and "QUADRUPLE PLATE" in sans serif letters, and "180" and "PATENTED / OCT. 24,1865" in serif letters.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Middletown
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Fielding Pope Meigs (Dorothy Mix Meigs)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.65.0182
label: catalog number
content: 65.0182
label: accession number
content: 258258
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pitcher
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver plate (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, white (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 1/8 in x 4 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in; 20.6375 cm x 11.43 cm x 8.89 cm