Teakettle
date: label: date made
content: after ca 1850
label: date made
content: ca 1850-1870
notes: label: Description
content: Pit-bottom teakettle with faceted-top gooseneck spout and cast-in arched ears above its rounded shoulder for the strap bail handle, flattened oval in section. Molded, swing-up, hinged lid with low-domed, circular center. Both pieces are hollow cast: body has a horizontal seam that extends to top of spout and single gate mark on bottom exterior; cover bordered by "LEIBRANDT & M'DOWELL PHILA" cast in raised serif letters.
label: Description
content: Maker is Leibrandt & McDowell Stove Company of Philadelphia, PA.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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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: 1982.0090.12
label: accession number
content: 1982.0090
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0090.12
objectType: label: Object Name
content: teakettle
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron, cast (pot material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron, wrought (handle material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 1/2 in x 15 1/2 in x 10 3/4 in; 21.59 cm x 39.37 cm x 27.305 cm