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Water Kettle
Accession # 1998.184
Designer John Gordon Rideout
Manufacturer Wagner Manufacturing Company
Title Water Kettle
Date ca. 1940
Medium Magnalite metal, wood
Dimensions 8 1/4 x 10 3/4 x 9 7/8 in. (21 x 27.3 x 25.1 cm)
Marks Incised on bottom: "WAGNER / WARE [these two lines share the "W"] / SIDNEY / - O - / [in script] Magnalite / 4135."
Credit Line Gift of Eric and Nannette Brill
Location Visible Storage: Case 17, Shelf P (Contemporary Design)
Description Hemispherical, Magnalite metal water kettle with wooden handle; integral short squared spout molded into one side of neck; rounded top of kettle is a separate piece attached to the body, giving the appearance of a removable lid. Handle is an arched, flat piece of wood with rounded edges attached with screws to the "lid" above the spout and to the neck opposite the spout. CONDITION: Fair; scratches, abrasions, and small dings all over metal; evidence of corrosion around spout opening, where "lid" and body are joined, on screws, and inside kettle; small scratches on wooden handle.