Housemaid's Pail Patent Model
date: label: patent date
content: 1875-03-02
notes: label: Description
content: Patent model (U.S. Patent No. 160,500) for a pail designed to prevent slopping, made by Emma C. Wooster of New York, NY, and patented on March 2, 1875. Consists of a bail-handled pail with shallow circular pan or trough attached at bottom and a pierced soap dish and open-bottom scrub brush holder at opposite sides that drip into the trough. Grain-painted exterior is decorated with a metallic gold band and padlock around upper body and parts labeled "HOUSE-MAIDS / PAIL", "SOAP" and "BRUSH"; interior is an opaque silvery gray with traces of light orange. Rolled rims and folded seams; riveted ears. No tags.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place patented
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: Subject
content: Patent Models
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1977.0977.003
label: catalog number
content: 1977.0977.003
label: accession number
content: 1977.0977
label: patent number
content: 160500
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pail
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: tinned sheet iron (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (decoration material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron, wire (handle material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (grip material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 3/8 in x 6 1/4 in; 11.1125 cm x 15.875 cm
label: Measurements
content: rim diameter: 4 7/8 in; 12.3825 cm
label: Measurements
content: bottom diameter: 4 3/8 in; 11.1125 cm