Teakettle
date: label: date made
content: 18th century
label: date made
content: ca 1770-1780
notes: label: Description
content: Onion-form teakettle with crooked gooseneck spout and cast-in arched ears for the mushroom-shaped strap bail handle, rectangular in section; three D-section feet. Low-domed, molded cover with wire loop handle. Both pieces are hollow cast: cover has gate mark on top; kettle has horizontal and vertical seams on body and spout with a single gate mark on bottom exterior. No additional marks.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New England
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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: 1977.0275.02
label: catalog number
content: 1977.0275.02
label: accession number
content: 1977.0275
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: 7 1/8 in x 12 in x 9 in; 18.0975 cm x 30.48 cm x 22.86 cm