Skimmer
date: label: date made
content: 1886 or later
label: patent date
content: 1886-01-26
notes: label: Description
content: Circular skimmer, flat at center, attached on back with three rivets to a offset handle, rectangular in section, wider at top with bent-back hook; all rivets domed on front and back. Bowl is perforated with small holes arranged into five concentric circles around one hole at center. Back of handle is stamped incuse "F.B.S.CANTON.O." and "PAT.JAN.26.86" in sans serif letters.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Ohio, Canton
topic: label: Subject
content: Cooking
label: Subject
content: Kitchen utensils
label: Subject
content: Patented
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Food
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Anonymous Gift
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1978.0404.03
label: accession number
content: 1978.0404
label: catalog number
content: 1978.0404.03
objectType: label: Object Name
content: skimmer
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (bowl; rivets material)
label: Physical Description
content: steel (handle material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 3/4 in x 18 7/8 in x 5 5/8 in; 6.985 cm x 47.9425 cm x 14.2875 cm