Boiler, Laundry
- Object Name:
- Boiler, Laundry
- Object ID:
- 1966.015.03
- Date:
- 1700-1800
- Description:
- Copper wash boiler. Rectangular copper box with flat sides sloping outward to make top larger than bottom. Sides, top, and bottom made of a single piece of metal. Flat projecting lip around top, on which rests hinged, slightly domed lid; hinge is 5" from one end. Wire lifting ring in opposite end of lid. At back right corner of stationary portion of top is a vertical cylindrical copper pipe. Stored inside boiler is a sheet iron pipe with right-angle bend; it fits onto the copper pipe. Four brass paw feet, one in each corner, not original to the boiler; they were added so that the boiler could be used as a coal scuttle.
- Material:
- Metal
Copper - Dimensions:
- H-18 W-17.5 D-23.5 inches
- Provenance:
- Said to have belonged to Josiah Bartlett.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth E. Jewett
- People:
- Bartlett, Josiah (1728-1795)
- Subjects:
- Wash tubs, Boilers, Clothes washing, Laundry
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