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Date1750-1800

Maker Unknown

Geography Possibly made - United StatesPossibly made - England

Medium/TechniqueCopper, iron

DimensionsOverall: 5 1/4 in. x 16 1/4 in. x 15 9/16 in. (13.34 cm x 41.28 cm x 39.53 cm)

Credit LinePurchase. Mrs. J. Scott Laughton, Regent and Vice Regent for Pennsylvania, by exchange, 2019

Object numberW-2870

DescriptionCircular kettle with rolled rim, rounded bottom, and two stationary, raised iron handles riveted to the sides.
Published ReferencesMargaret Brown Klapthor and Howard Alexander Morrison. G. Washington: A Figure Upon the Stage. Washington, D.C.: The Smithsonian Institution Press, 1982. p. 148.

J. Seymour Lindsay. Iron and Brass Utensils of the English and American Home. Boston: The Medici Society. p. 56.

Martha Washington's Booke of Cookery. Karen Hess, ed. New York: Columbia University Press, 1981. p. 229.

Hannah Glass. The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy.

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