Hot Water Urn
date: label: date made
content: 1875 - 1885
label: patent date
content: 1869-01-26
notes: label: Description
content: Two-handled, fluted baluster-shape hot water urn with fluted domed cover topped by smaller domed finial; circular base is mounted to four, tall, cast cabriole legs decorated with anthemions, acanthus and pendant beads ending in scroll feet, inside of which a circular frame is attached that holds a removable spirit burner with long-handled, hinged cap; unused wick inside. Applied beading at rim and underbelly of fluted body; C-curve handles with scrolled leaves stemming from circular, flared and lobed upper terminals. Underside of body stamped with circular, fist-with-lightning-bolts "x ROGERS & BRO. x / TRIPLE PLATE" trademark above "2011" and "U.S.A.", while front of twist spigot handle with ivory knobs is marked "[PA]TENT. JAN'Y. 26, 1869."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Waterbury
topic: label: Subject
content: Beverages
label: Subject
content: Tea Drinking
label: Subject
content: Coffee Drinking
label: Subject
content: Patented
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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 Mildred Armistead Baker Ruttencutter, in memory of her mother Margaret Armistead Appleton Baker
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.209041.0006
label: catalog number
content: 209041.0006
label: accession number
content: 209041
objectType: label: Object Name
content: urn, hot water
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver plate (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ivory (knobs material)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton (wick material)
label: Physical Description
content: electroplate (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 13 in x 8 1/4 in x 10 1/8 in; 33.02 cm x 20.955 cm x 25.7175 cm