Skimmer
date: label: date made
content: early 19th century
notes: label: Description
content: Plain-edged, shallow, circular skimmer with coffin-ended or clipped-corner, flat handle having a large, pierced hole at end; made from a single piece of sheet metal. Bowl is perforated with small holes arranged into a circle with eight, straight, radiating arms around one hole at center. Front of handle struck incuse above hanging hole "B.S. PORTER" in roman letters.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New England
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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 Dr. and Mrs. Arthur M. Greenwood
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.388480
label: catalog number
content: 388480
label: accession number
content: 182022
objectType: label: Object Name
content: skimmer
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/4 in x 9 3/4 in x 5 1/8 in; 3.175 cm x 24.765 cm x 13.0175 cm