Ice Pitcher
date: label: date made
content: ca 1850 - 1867
label: Date made
content: ca 1850
label: Date made
content: ca 1850
label: patent date
content: 1854-10-17
notes: label: Description
content: Insulated pitcher with domed, hinged lid; applied, curved pouring lip; and plain, straight tapered body on a molded base; no strainer or cover at opening. Cast foliate arched knop is attached at back of lid to extension above the three-knuckle hinge. Triple C-curve bracket handle is shaped at juncture of terminal to body. Possibly triple walled. Underside of slightly convex bottom struck incuse with an undulating oval encircling "JAS,STIMPSON (arched) / BALTIMORE. (curved)".
label: Description
content: Attributed to James Stimpson (1779-1851) of Baltimore, MD, who posthumously received at least two patents for ice pitchers (both submitted by his son, James H. Stimpson). This pitcher is visually identical to U.S. Patent No. 21,717, dated October 5, 1858, which is for a triple-wall design (Stimpson's earlier patent, No. 11,819 from 1854 and reissued as No. 2,891 in 1868, is for a double-walled pitcher with chain or string attached to lid and handle so it can be used with one hand.)
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Maryland, Baltimore
topic: label: Subject
content: Beverages
label: Subject
content: Drinking
label: Subject
content: Patented
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of Dr. Joseph H. Kler
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1986.0027.78
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0027.78
label: accession number
content: 1986.0027
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pitcher
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: Britannia (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: pewter (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 1/4 in x 9 1/4 in x 7 7/8 in; 28.575 cm x 23.495 cm x 20.0025 cm