Pot
date: label: date made
content: ca 1838-1845
label: date made
content: 19th century
notes: label: Description
content: Flared-lip pot on three, tapered V-shape feet with a wire bail handle looped around pierced astragal-arched tabs; tapered sides and rounded bottom. Hollow cast with two oval medallions flanking the single gate mark on bottom exterior, one oval contains "J. SAVERY (arched) / & SON / NEW YORK (curved)" and the other "PHOENIX WORKS / No 9" separated by a spreadwing phoenix rising from flames, all in raised serif letters.
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: 1982.0090.52
label: accession number
content: 1982.0090
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0090.52
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pot
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron, cast (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 1/8 in x 12 in x 10 7/8 in; 20.6375 cm x 30.48 cm x 27.6225 cm