Bottle Opener
date: label: date made
content: 1951-1965
name: label: maker
content: Ekco Housewares Company
notes: label: Description
content: Bottle or cap opener, stainless steel, with three different lifting edges, each marked: "TUMBLER CAP LIFTER", "PRY-OFF Lid Flipper", and another marked with an arrow and "INSERT/UNDER CAP/TURN LIKE KEY". Maker's mark on top left: "EKCO/A&J/U.S.A.". Also marked: PAT. 2,571,401".
label: Description
content: U.S. Patent 2,571,401: Raymond H. Williams, October 16, 1951, Chicago, Illinois, assignor to White Cap Company, Chicago, Illinois.
label: Description
content: Maker is Ekco Housewares Company, of Chicago, Illinois, which purchased A&J Manufacturing Company of Birmingham, New York in 1929. A&J was at the time the largest producer of kitchen tools.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Illinois, Chicago
label: place used
content: United States: Ohio, Columbus
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 Mary Eloise Green
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.322793.61
label: accession number
content: 322793
label: collector/donor number
content: 630
label: catalog number
content: 322793.61
objectType: label: Object Name
content: opener, bottle
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: stainless steel (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/2 in x 4 in x 1 5/8 in; 1.27 cm x 10.16 cm x 4.1275 cm