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Colander

Collection Type

  • Cooking equipment

Date

19th Century

GUSN

GUSN-8617

Description

Wooden bowl with perforated brass bottom. Decorative ridge on outside.

Details

Descriptive Terms

colanders
cookware
brass (alloy)
turning (shaping process)
wood (plant material)
Wood
Brass
Turned
Colander

Associated Building

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

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

4 x 7 1/2 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1992.709

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