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Kettle

Collection Type

  • Cooking equipment

Date

1845-1900

GUSN

GUSN-4431

Description

Tripod, bulbous circular body terminating in circular mouth; four concentric medial, banding design cast into body; bail handle attached through cast eyelets at shoulder; 18th-century style.

Details

Descriptive Terms

kettles (vessels)
cookware
casting (process)
iron (metal)
Iron
Slip Cast
KETTLE

Inscription

Cast mark ""35"" on side.

Associated Building

Original to Sayward-Wheeler House (York Harbor, Me.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

9.5 x 14 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler

Accession Number

1977.672

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