turner, cake
date: label: date made
content: c. 1800-1850
notes: label: Description
content: Wrought iron spatula or cake turner. Square-shaped blade with rounded top corners, curved and folded upward. Top of blade is inlaid with copper in the shape of flower petals in a circle. Shaft is veneered in several areas with brass, then incised with a jagging tool with a diamond and leaf pattern. Also incised are four initials: “I V K M”; no other marks. Handle is formed with a turned-over hook at the top. Some of the copper from the blade inlay is missing. Overall darkening and discoloration.
label: Description
content: Likely was initially a part of a kitchen set with DL*322686.0001 meat fork.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made; place used
content: United States
setName: label: See more items in
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.322686.0002
label: catalog number
content: 322686.0002
label: accession number
content: 322686
objectType: label: Object Name
content: turner, cake
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, iron (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, copper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 in x 16 3/4 in x 2 7/8 in; 2.54 cm x 42.545 cm x 7.3025 cm