Bread or Loaf Pan
date: label: date made
content: 1897
label: patent filing date
content: 1897-04-14
label: patent date
content: 1897-08-03
notes: label: Description
content: Tubular or cylindrical baking pan with rounded ends; made in two long halves that lock together. Each half has a continuous, horizontal flange with folded rim, that on the top with a pivoting latch riveted at front center and two slots cut along the back, while that on the bottom has two tabs riveted along its back. The bottom tabs fit into the top slots, and the top latch fits under the bottom flange to lock the pan shut. Both halves are identically stamped at back center (the top rightside-up and the bottom upside-down) "(flourish) IDEAL (flourish) / (flourish) PAT. APL'D. FOR. (flourish)", in incuse sans serif letters.
label: Description
content: George W. Knapp of Baltimore, MD, designed this pan to evenly bake loaves of bread or cake. He received U.S. Patent No. 27,486 on August 3, 1897.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
label: place invented
content: United States: Maryland, Baltimore
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 Kenneth E. Jewett
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.251349.0053
label: catalog number
content: 251349.0053
label: accession number
content: 251349
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pan, baking
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: tin (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 3/4 in x 13 1/8 in x 5 in; 9.525 cm x 33.3375 cm x 12.7 cm