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Teakettle

Collection Type

  • Cooking equipment

Date

1750-1800

GUSN

GUSN-2127

Description

Globular cast iron with large spout and handle; cover has screw-on brass knob; three tiny legs, marked.

Details

Descriptive Terms

teakettles
cookware
casting (process)
iron (metal)
cookware
Iron
Cast
Teakettle

Inscription

See accession file for sketch of cast mark below handle (eagle and tree branch or spray).

Associated Building

Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

8 x 11 x 13 1/2 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.138

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