Condiment Rack
date: label: date made
content: ca 1900
notes: label: Description
content: Small condiment frame consisting of three, flat-bottomed piercework cylinders, the largest at center holds a clear, colorless glass mustard cup or pot with bell-shaped cover while the two smaller holders, attached with C scrolls at sides, have facted, clear, colorless glass shakers with screw-top perforated caps. Tall, arched or U-shaped, fixed handle. Bottom underside of center holder is struck with three incuse marks, "BENEDICT", the company logo with "B B" separated by a bee in a diamond or lozenge titled "SHEFFIELD PLATE" and "NICKEL SILVER", and "2286".
label: Description
content: Maker is Benedict Manufacturing Co. of East Syracuse, NY; in business, 1894-1953 (began as M. S. Benedict Manufacturing Co., name changed circa 1902).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, East Syracuse
label: place used
content: United States: Wisconsin, Menomonie
label: place used
content: United States: Minnesota, Lake Park
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Food
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of John H. Crea
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.66.0545
label: catalog number
content: 66.0545
label: accession number
content: 265238
objectType: label: Object Name
content: rack, condiment
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver plate (holder; covers material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (containers material)
label: Physical Description
content: electroplated (holder; covers production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 5/8 in x 4 3/4 in x 2 1/8 in; 11.7475 cm x 12.065 cm x 5.3975 cm