Coal Carrier
date: label: date made
content: ca 1845
notes: label: Description
content: Rectangular, scoop-shaped pan with flat, punchwork-decorated, hinged lid and metal-wrapped, wire loop handle. Lid has bent edges that fit over the pan when closed, and features a design of a diamond inside two concentric circles with crosslets or plus signs in the corners, all punched from the outside. Pan is made from one piece, its corners cut, folded and riveted. Handle riveted to back side of pan. No marks.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Preston R. Bassett
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1979.0568.571
label: catalog number
content: 1979.0568.571
label: accession number
content: 1979.0568
objectType: label: Object Name
content: carrier, coal
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: tinned sheet iron (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron wire (handle material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 in x 14 3/8 in x 5 5/8 in; 7.62 cm x 36.5125 cm x 14.2875 cm