Hot Water Urn
date: label: date made
content: ca 1850 - 1875
notes: label: Description
content: Two-part, hot water or coffee urn with two pairs of angled, open paired-scroll handles. Ovoid upper section has a domed cover topped by a cast pheasant finial and spigot with fleur-de-lis handle. Oval piercework-decorated base on four cast tab feet contains a removable, single-wick spirit burner holder. Folded seams; riveted construction. No marks. Finial replaced. Tinning gone.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: West Virginia, Morgantown
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Dr. Casselberry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.130314
label: catalog number
content: 130314
label: accession number
content: 21132
objectType: label: Object Name
content: biggin, coffee
label: Object Name
content: urn, hot water
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: tin (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, white (finial material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (spigot material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 14 1/8 in x 11 3/4 in x 10 1/4 in; 35.8775 cm x 29.845 cm x 26.035 cm