Tilting and Revolving Ice Pitcher with Stand
date: label: date made
content: ca 1876
notes: label: Description
content: Insulated, tilting and revolving pitcher with ovoid body and domed, double-walled, hinged lid topped by a cast four-leaved bud on stepped, flared circular foot; two dome-headed knobs on sides of pitcher fit atop caryatids mounted to the removable slop bowl, which has a perforated top and spindle at bottom that rotates inside the circular stand. Inset, curved, fixed-cover spout with anthemion base. High-loop handle with square-scrolled upper terminal, lower arc terminal and faceted sockets. Seamless, one-piece interior wall has a convex perforated strainer inset at spout. Bottom undersides of pitcher and stand each have two drilled holes and two affixed metal tags with patent and maker information. Pitcher underside is also scratched "130" while the bowl underside is scratched "30".
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
label: place used
content: United States: New Jersey, Passaic
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
label: See more items in
content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. John H. Carlisle
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.297342.0001
label: catalog number
content: 297342.0001
label: accession number
content: 297342
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pitcher, ice
label: Object Name
content: stand, ice pitcher
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver plate (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cork (stopper material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 18 in x 11 in x 8 3/4 in; 45.72 cm x 27.94 cm x 22.225 cm