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Dinner Pail

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Collection Type

  • Cooking equipment

Date

1820-1870

GUSN

GUSN-60338

Description

Dinner pail with two raised dots, a flared rim and foot ring, an oval handle at the top, and a lid.

Details

Descriptive Terms

lunchboxes
casting (process)
pewter (tin alloy)
Carrier, Food
Lunchbox
Pail, Dinner
Pail, Dinner

Associated Building

Original to Beauport, Sleeper-McCann House (Gloucester, Mass.),

Maker

Vovell & Chartre (Maker)

Dimensions

6 1/4 x 9 1/2 x 5 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Constance McCann Betts, Helena Woolworth Guest and Frasier W. McCann

Accession Number

1942.4044

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