Milk Pail
date: label: date made
content: late 19th or early 20th century
notes: label: Description
content: Tapered cylindrical pail partially covered by a slanted shield with a square, hinged-lid spout soft-soldered at center that has a brass wire cloth or mesh strainer. Wire bail handle is looped around the ends of the wire reinforcing the rim front; arched, molded strap assist or lifting handle is soft-soldered opposite spout near bottom. Pail made in three parts, the body has two vertical folded seams and the flat bottom has a soft-soldered folded edge. Rim, shield and handle have molded wire edges; all edges of spout and hinge are plain. No marks.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Kenneth E. Jewett
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.251349.0227
label: catalog number
content: 251349.227
label: catalog number
content: 251349.227
label: catalog number
content: 251349.0227
label: accession number
content: 251349
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pail, milk
label: Object Name
content: pail
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: tin (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron wire (rims; handle material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (strainer material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 7/8 in x 9 5/8 in x 10 in; 17.4625 cm x 24.4475 cm x 25.4 cm