Slop Pail
date: label: date made
content: late 19th or early 20th century
notes: label: Description
content: Slightly tapered, copper-bottom pail with conical liner; large, U-shaped, triangular spout opens to space between liner and pail. Wire bail handle has black-painted wood grip; flat cover is topped by a button knop. Pail is made in five pieces with three vertical folded seams; spout is soldered in place and flat bottom has folded edge. No marks.
label: Description
content: The double-wall construction of this pail allows the outer section to be filled with water which can then be heated to keep the contents in the inner container warm.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
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 Kenneth E. Jewett
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.257491.0094
label: catalog number
content: 257491.0094
label: accession number
content: 257491
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pail
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: tin (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron wire (rims; handle material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (handle material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (handle material)
label: Physical Description
content: copper (bottom material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 3/4 in x 12 5/8 in x 9 3/4 in; 19.685 cm x 32.0675 cm x 24.765 cm