Water Pitcher
date: label: date made
content: 1896
label: dates used
content: 1896 - 1961
notes: label: Description
content: Circular pitcher with bulging sides, spiral-lobed shoulder and shallow, flared neck ending in a curved rim with wide lip covered by a rounded shield having a U-shape pouring hole. Hollow C-curve handle has floral decoration on sides, flat band on face and flared terminals. Plain footring. Underside of flat inset bottom is stamped with corporate logo for the Lehigh Valley Railroad ("LV" in diamond or lozenge on a raised, horizontally hatched, swallowtail flag) above "REED & BARTON", "SILVER SOLDERED", "1470", and "6", all incuse in serif and sans serif letters.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Taunton
topic: label: Subject
content: Railroads
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Max Hess
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.62.0246
label: catalog number
content: 62.0246
label: accession number
content: 239071
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pitcher
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver plate (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 7/8 in x 7 1/2 in x 4 7/8 in; 17.4625 cm x 19.05 cm x 12.3825 cm