Burner Pad
date: label: date made
content: ca 1930-1950
notes: label: Description
content: Circular asbestos “Burner Pad” with aluminum-plated sheet iron backing and outer ring. White, printed in red: “FOR METAL OR/GLASS UTENSILS/PRO-TEX/BURNER PAD/PREVENTS BREAKAGE OF GLASS/KEEPS FOODS FROM/STICKING OR BURNING/FIREPROOF ASBESTOS/PRINTED IN U.S.A./USE OVER FLAME-THIS SIDE UP”; with image of pots, coffee maker and stove top.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
label: place used
content: United States: Virginia, Alexandria
label: used
content: United States: Virginia, Alexandria
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 Pamela A. Derrenger
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1992.0208.03
label: catalog number
content: 1992.0208.03
label: accession number
content: 1992.0208
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pad, burner
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: asbestos (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: aluminum-plated iron (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/8 in x 8 1/2 in; .3175 cm x 21.59 cm