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Kettle

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Collection Type

  • Cooking equipment

Date

1760-1820

GUSN

GUSN-4601

Description

Hammered brass body of tapered cylindrical form with wrought iron band around top edge and wrought iron bale handle.

Details

Descriptive Terms

kettles (vessels)
cookware
brass (alloy)
hammering
iron (metal)
wrought
Brass
Iron
Wrought
Hammered
KETTLE

Associated Building

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

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

13.75 (H), 20 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler

Accession Number

1977.794

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