Cruet Set
date: label: date made
content: 1825 - 1856
notes: label: Description
content: Six-piece set consisting of a stand with central, ogival-arched handle on cyma-molded circular base that is fitted near its midshaft with a revolving frame of 5 large and 4 small rings that holds 5 matching, octagonal, clear, colorless glass bottles (2 cruets with faceted square stoppers, 1 caster with screw-on, perforated conical cap, and 2 mustard or condiment jars with hinged conical lids having utensil cutouts). All 5 bottles are mold-blown and wheel-engraved, the taller cruets and caster have faceted necks. Struck once on bottom underside of stand "I. TRASK" in raised serif letters in a rectangle. Bottles not marked.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Beverly
label: place used
content: United States: Massachusetts
topic: label: Subject
content: Food Culture
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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: Bequest of Dr. Joseph H. Kler
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1986.0027.74
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0027.74
label: accession number
content: 1986.0027
objectType: label: Object Name
content: set, cruet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: pewter (stand material)
label: Physical Description
content: silver plate (caps material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (bottles; stoppers material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 1/2 in x 6 1/2 in x 6 3/4 in; 24.13 cm x 16.51 cm x 17.145 cm