Teakettle
date: label: date made
content: late 19th century
label: date made
content: ca 1860-1890
notes: label: Description
content: Pit-bottom teakettle with bellied gooseneck spout and cast-in arched ears at its rounded shoulder for the strap bail handle, half-round in section; no feet. Pivoting lid swings on bearing beneath back ear. Both pieces are hollow cast: body has a pronounced horizontal seam that extends to top of spout and single gate mark on bottom exterior; cover has "B. M. SAVERY / NY." cast in raised sans serif letters around a "7" at center.
label: Description
content: "B. M. Savery" appears to be Bartlett M. Savery (born 1830), a holloware manufacturer and dealer at 26 Cliff Street, New York, during the late 19th century. Bartlett Savery was also a nephew of Peleg Barrows Savery (1805-1863) who founded Savery & Co. in Philadelphia in 1838, which became Barrows, Savery & Co. in 1875. Bartlett was an investor in and agent for Barrows, Savery & Co., and it is possible this kettle was cast there.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
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: 1982.0090.75
label: accession number
content: 1982.0090
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0090.75
objectType: label: Object Name
content: teakettle
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron, cast (kettle material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron, wrought (handle material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 1/4 in x 11 1/4 in x 7 7/8 in; 18.415 cm x 28.575 cm x 20.0025 cm