Tea or Spice Scoop
date: label: date made
content: ca 1885
notes: label: Description
content: Small, handless, closed-top scoop with a semicircular, wooden back and an angled, flat, semicircular bottom that allows it to sit upright at a 45-degree angle. Cylindrical body has a soft-soldered lapped seam secured with a small rivet; its lower edge is folded over the bottom. Wooden back has a gray-blue printed paper label affixed inside that reads "WARRANTED STEEL / NO 1. / MICHIGAN SCOOP CO, / Battle Creek, Mich." in a variety of serif and sans serif fonts within a geometric border.
label: Description
content: The Michigan Scoop Co. of Battle Creek, MI, was founded and incorporated in 1885 by David H. Metcalf. The diminutive size of this scoop suggests it was probably used with tea, spices, or sugar.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Michigan, Battle Creek
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift, Anonymous Gift Fund
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1980.0645.03
label: catalog number
content: 1980.0645.03
label: accession number
content: 1980.0645
objectType: label: Object Name
content: scoop
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: steel (sides; bottom material)
label: Physical Description
content: tin (sides; bottom material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (back material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper, wove (label material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (label material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/2 in x 4 1/4 in x 2 3/8 in; 3.81 cm x 10.795 cm x 6.0325 cm