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Dredge canister

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Collection Type

  • Cooking equipment

Date

1870-1875

GUSN

GUSN-17945

Description

Cylindrical tin canister. Labeled as a dredge box. One end has a wider removable lid; other end has thinner removable lid w/ shaker holes underneath.

Details

Descriptive Terms

dredgers (containers)
cookware
tin (metal)
Tin
CANISTER, FOOD STORAGE

Inscription

Engraved on top: ""STEELES' DREDGE BOX/ NEW HAVEN, CONN./ PATD/ DEC 27 1870/ MADE BY/ HATELLE & CO""

Associated Building

Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),

Maker

Hatelle & Co. (Maker)

Location of Origin

New Haven, CT, USA

Dimensions

3.25 (H), 2 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker

Accession Number

1998.2079

Places

Connecticut (United States)

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