Teakettle
date: label: date made
content: ca 1866-1872
notes: label: Description
content: Pit-bottom teakettle with bellied gooseneck spout and cast-in arched ears on its high, rounded shoulder for the arched strap bail handle, concave in section; three button feet. Double-domed, swing-up, hinged lid. Both pieces are hollow cast: body has a horizontal seam that extends to top of spout and a single gate mark and "FB" in raised serif letters on bottom underside; cover has cast-in mark "FRANCIS. BUCKWALTER. & CO." in raised sans serif letters.
label: Description
content: Maker is Francis, Buckwalter & Co., Continental Stove Works, of Royersford, PA; in business, circa 1866-1872.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Royersford
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.65.1338
label: catalog number
content: 65.1338
label: accession number
content: 259931
objectType: label: Object Name
content: teakettle
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron, cast (kettle material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron, wrought (handle material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 in x 12 3/4 in x 8 1/2 in; 20.32 cm x 32.385 cm x 21.59 cm