Egg Cooker
date: label: date made
content: 1862 - 1877
name: label: parent company
content: Meriden Britannia Company
notes: label: Description
content: Four-egg cooker shaped as an inverted egg topped by a cast floral knop mounted on three vertical supports with inward-scrolling feet, inside of which is attached a truncated conical holder with central depression for a circular, single-burner, piercework spirit lamp with keyhole-shape wire handle and flat-top cylindrical cover. Cooker contains a removable wire caddy or lifter with four rings in circular frame and central shaft handle formed from four scrolled supports. Holder underside is stamped incuse with a curvilinear shield containing "ROGERS, SMITH (arched) / - & C\o - / NEW HAVEN (curved) / CONN." with "4" and "01" above and below.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, New Haven
topic: label: Subject
content: Food Processing
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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 Miss V. E. Snyder
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.382215
label: catalog number
content: 382215
label: accession number
content: 162289
objectType: label: Object Name
content: cooker, egg
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver plate (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 in x 5 in; 20.32 cm x 12.7 cm