Soap Dish
date: label: date made
content: 1807 - ca 1835
notes: label: Description
content: Shallow, circular container with flared sides, inset flat bottom and flat-top, stepped lid with wide, slightly overhanging rim attached by a five-knuckle inset hinge. Lid and dish exterior scored with sets of one, two and three lines; circular punch at top center of lid. Partial small touchmark of Ashbil (or Ashbel) Griswold on bottom underside, consisting of his initials "A.G" in raised serif letters in a rectangle.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Meriden
label: place used
content: United States: Connecticut
topic: label: Subject
content: Personal Accessories
label: Subject
content: Personal Hygiene
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: Bequest of Dr. Joseph H. Kler
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1986.0027.75
label: accession number
content: 1986.0027
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0027.75
objectType: label: Object Name
content: dish, soap
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: pewter (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 3/4 in x 4 5/8 in; 4.445 cm x 11.7475 cm
label: Measurements
content: lid diameter: 4 5/8 in; 11.7475 cm
label: Measurements
content: base diameter: 3 9/16 in; 9.04875 cm