Shaker
date: label: date made
content: ca 1930
label: date purchased
content: ca 1930
notes: label: Description
content: Small, cylindrical, black-japanned shaker with a friction-fit, low-domed, perforated cover and triangle-bent strap handle. Painted decoration includes an undulating or way red line accented by yellow dots around the cover and a thin yellow line above a wide yellow or white band around the base featuring a repeating pattern of three red cherries on a single stem attached to a seven-lobed green leaf; black veins and details. No marks.
label: Description
content: One of a pair, 1990.0339.03-.04; .03 has more and larger holes, while .04 has fewer and smaller holes. Used as salt and pepper shakers.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Maryland
label: place used
content: United States: District of Columbia, Washington
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Mrs. John H. Murray (Anne W. Murray)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1990.0339.04
label: catalog number
content: 1990.0339.04
label: accession number
content: 1990.0339
objectType: label: Object Name
content: shaker, spice
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: tinned sheet iron (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wire, iron (rim material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (exterior decoration material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/2 in x 2 in x 1 1/2 in; 6.35 cm x 5.08 cm x 3.81 cm