Spatula
date: label: date made
content: ca 1920s
name: label: maker
content: Chichester Chemical Co.
notes: label: Description
content: An inscription on this spatula reads “WITH COMPLIMENTS OF / CHICHESTER CHEMICAL CO. / PHILADELPHIA / CHI-CHES-TER / FOR A GOOD MIXER.” The firm was in business by 1884. Its Diamond Brand Pills were widely advertised and known as an abortifacient.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
topic: label: Subject
content: Advertising Devices
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1979.1139.01
label: catalog number
content: 1979.1139.01
label: accession number
content: 1979.1139
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Pill Spatula, Promotional
label: Object Name
content: advertising product, pill spatula
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1.6 cm x 19.2 cm; x 5/8 in x 7 9/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/4 in x 7 5/8 in x 5/8 in; .635 cm x 19.3675 cm x 1.5875 cm