Teakettle
date: label: date made
content: 19th century
label: date made
content: ca 1838-1845
notes: label: Description
content: Angular teakettle with crooked gooseneck spout and cast-in arched ears at its high, creased shoulder for the mushroom-shaped strap bail handle, half-round in section; foot ring. Low-relief, cast decoration on spout and ears. Stepped and molded cover has a flared rim and brass button knop. Both pieces are hollow cast: cover has gate mark on underside; body has a horizontal seam that extends to top of spout and single gate mark on bottom exterior. Two, cast-in, oval medallions are on opposite sides of shoulder, one contains "J. SAVERY (arched) / & SON / NEW YORK (curved)" and the other "PHOENIX WORKS" above by a spreadwing phoenix rising from flames, all in raised serif letters; a raised "3" to left of spout.
label: Description
content: Maker is John Savery & Son of New York, NY; in business under this name, circa 1838-1845. Their foundry, Phoenix Works, was located at Jersey City, NJ.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
label: place made
content: United States: New Jersey, Jersey City
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Estate of John Paul Remensnyder
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1982.0090.43
label: accession number
content: 1982.0090
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0090.43
objectType: label: Object Name
content: teakettle
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron, cast (pot, cover material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron, wrought (handle material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (knop material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 1/2 in x 10 7/8 in x 7 3/4 in; 16.51 cm x 27.6225 cm x 19.685 cm