Pot, Hot-water
- Object Name:
- Pot, Hot-water
- Object ID:
- 1969.005.057
- Place of Origin:
- Sheffield, England
- Date:
- circa 1850
- Description:
- Hot-Water Urn. Silver plated over copper and brass base metals. Three removable parts include the lid (b), the heating tube (c), and the lid to the heating tube (d); note that the iron rod that would have fit into the heating tube is missing. Squat, round body on a round, three-footed pedestal with two large handles on a wide brim. Body is undecorated and sits on a pedestal with multiple bands and rings. Base of pedestal has applied cast floral decorations and feet with scroll decorations. Upper rim in cast and applied floral and scroll motif. Handles are solid cast silver or pewter. Removable lid is domed and has a plain round knob that is soldered to top. Removable interior elements include a sheet-metal tube with flat collar and two loop handles, as well as a small domed lid. Attached brass spigot has ballaster turnings and a faceted tip. Spigot has swinging shut-off, which has turned ivory insulater; stamped at end of spigot, "PATENT", incuse. Base is lead weighted, and has sheet tin undercover. Small round lead pads on bottom of each foot. Interior of urn is also silver plated.
Object Register:
a. Urn body 4,315 grams, 152.21 oz, 138.73 troy oz.
b. Lid 4.625" diam., 3" high, 134.94 grams, 4.76 oz, 4.34 troy oz.
c. Interior tube 5.062" deep, 172.09 grams, 6.07 oz, 5.53 troy oz.
d. Lid to interior tube 2" diam., 1.25" high, 27.07 grams, 0.95 oz, 0.87 troy oz. - Material:
- Metal
Silver
Copper
Brass
Tin - Dimensions:
- H-14.25 W-11.625 D-11.312 Dia-9 inches
- Provenance:
- The Josiah Abbott Dadmun (1840-1924) and Susan Dadmun (1844-1936) Collection is a bequest of their daughter, Helen I. Dadmun (Mrs. Frank C.) Doble (1881-1969). Mrs. Doble's bequest includes "my 'Durgin' silver." Other items in the collection include New Hampshire and other silver, wallpaper samples, fans, personal items, and birchbark pictures made by E. H. Merrill.
- Credit Line:
- Josiah Abbott Dadmun and Susan Dadmun Collections, Bequest of Helen I. Dadmun Doble
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