Skimmer
date: label: date made
content: 1775 - 1825
notes: label: Description
content: Large, shallow, circular skimmer attached with three rivets to a slender, cylindrical handle flattened into a reverse-tapered end with counterclockwise loop; two of the rivets are hammered flat on front. Bowl is perforated with small holes arranged into four concentric circles around one hole at center; turning marks visible on front and back of bowl. No other 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: Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Arthur M. Greenwood
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.388478
label: catalog number
content: 388478
label: accession number
content: 182022
objectType: label: Object Name
content: skimmer
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (bowl material)
label: Physical Description
content: steel (handle material)
label: Physical Description
content: copper (rivets material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 3/8 in x 24 3/4 in x 7 1/2 in; 6.0325 cm x 62.865 cm x 19.05 cm