Teakettle
date: label: date made
content: 1825-1850
label: date made
content: ca 1850-1870
notes: label: Description
content: Pit-bottom teakettle with crooked gooseneck spout and cast-in arched ears on its high, rounded shoulder for the flat-arched, forged wire bail handle; three button feet. Stepped and molded cover has a flared rim and scalloped-edge wedge grip. Both pieces are hollow cast: body has a horizontal seam that extends to top of spout and a single gate mark and raised "8" on bottom exterior.
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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.64.1002
label: catalog number
content: 64.1002
label: accession number
content: 253788
objectType: label: Object Name
content: teakettle
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron, cast (kettle, cover material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron, wrought (handle material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 3/4 in x 12 1/4 in x 8 1/2 in; 24.765 cm x 31.115 cm x 21.59 cm