Milk Can
date: label: date made
content: ca 1900
notes: label: Description
content: Two-quart milk can with reinforced, tapered strap side handle and neck topped by a circular flat-top cover with arched strap handle; clipped-corner rectangular brass tags stamped "C. JEWETT" are soldered to breast and cover. Can made in four pieces: a wire-rimmed neck, conical breast and cylindrical body, all with folded seams, and a flat bottom; all joined by folded seams with a soft-soldered lapped-seam band added at neck. Cover has folded edge and lapped seam collar. Both handles have wire-reinforced, rolled-over edges and are soldered in place. Four dots of solder for feet on bottom underside of can. No other marks.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
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.251349.0181
label: catalog number
content: 251349.0181
label: accession number
content: 251349
objectType: label: Object Name
content: can, milk
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: tin (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wire, iron (rims material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (tags material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 1/8 in x 6 1/8 in x 5 1/4 in; 25.7175 cm x 15.5575 cm x 13.335 cm