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Date1750-1800

Maker Unknown

Geography Possibly made - United StatesPossibly made - England

Medium/TechniqueTinned sheet iron, paint

DimensionsOverall: 3 1/4 in. x 11 3/16 in. x 8 1/4 in. (8.26 cm x 28.42 cm x 20.96 cm)

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

Object numberW-2876

DescriptionCircular form with two stationary, tab-shaped handles riveted to the body at the rim. Painted an olive drab color.
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.

Hanry J. Kauffman. Early American Ironware: Cast and Wrought. Rutland, Vermont: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1966. p. 142.

Markingstwo Peter family labels: "337" and "MT. VERNON"

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