Pen Tray
date: label: date made
content: 1885
name: label: maker
content: Magee Furnace Company
notes: label: Description
content: In the form of a long, narrow, pointed leaf with meticulously executed ruffled edges curled up from midrib, which is flattened to hold pen. Two peg legs near stem for support. Cast iron, electroplated with angled bands of bright copper (at stem), brass (center), and silver (at tip). No marks.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place company located
content: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
label: place foundry located
content: United States: Massachusetts, Chelsea
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of the Magee Furnace Company
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.093487
label: catalog number
content: 93487
label: accession number
content: 16161
objectType: label: Object Name
content: tray
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron, cast (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: copper, electroplated (decoration material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass, electroplated (decoration material)
label: Physical Description
content: silver, electroplated (decoration material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7/8 in x 12 1/2 in x 3 5/8 in; 2.2225 cm x 31.75 cm x 9.2075 cm