Cooker, Pressure
- Object Name:
- Cooker, Pressure
- Object ID:
- 2009.035.01
- Date:
- 1942
- Description:
- Pressure cooker, 1942, used by Ruth Thomas Burley of Epping, NH, to can produce from the family Victory Garden during World War II. Aluminum with wooden handles.
A. Cooker body. Cylindrical drum with notched rim. Two black-painted wooden handles. Set screw on outer rim. Words "CLOSED" and "OPEN" stamped on rim, on either side of screw.
B. Cover. Convex top with pressure gauge attached at a 45-degree angle. Gauge has chrome-plated metal body with black dial, white arrow, and glass face. Oval metal nameplate in front of gauge, silver lettering on black: "KOOK-KWICK / MERIT / PRESSURE COOKER / 620-05463". Two black-painted wooden handles screwed to top surface. Vertical relief valve and a smaller valve are also attached to top surface. Rim notched to interlock with notches on body when cover is turned. Set screw on outer rim, to match up with screw on body when cover is fully closed.
C. Removable wire rack for holding 7 canning jars. Two bail handles. - Material:
- Metal
Aluminum - Dimensions:
- H-12.5 W-15.75 Dia-13.75 inches
- Provenance:
- Purchased by Ruth Thomas (Mrs. Joseph C.) Burley of Epping, NH, in 1942 for canning produce from the family Victory Garden. The donors are daughters of Ruth Burley.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Sarah Chase and Jane Burley
- People:
- Burley, Ruth Thomas
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