Miniature Teakettle
date: label: date made
content: 19th century
label: date made
content: ca 1800-1830
notes: label: Description
content: Turnip-form teakettle with crooked gooseneck spout and cast-in, clipped-corner ears on its high, rounded shoulder for the arched, strap bail handle, rectangular in section; three conical feet. Low-domed, molded cover has a small, double-scrolled strip of sheet iron nailed in place where a cast-in loop handle was originally. Both pieces are hollow cast: cover has a single gate mark on outside; kettle has horizontal and vertical seams on body and spout with single gate mark on bottom exterior. No additional marks.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Estate of John Paul Remensnyder
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1982.0090.42
label: accession number
content: 1982.0090
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0090.42
objectType: label: Object Name
content: teakettle, miniature
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron, cast (pot material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron, wrought (handle material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 5/8 in x 6 1/4 in x 4 1/2 in; 14.2875 cm x 15.875 cm x 11.43 cm