Pot, hot water
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- OBJECT TYPE
- SILVER/16 OUNCE
- DATE
- 1898–1970
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1970.0425.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Benedict Proctor
- MODEL
- 2201 NEWFOUNDLAND RAILWAY
- LOCATION
- Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- ELECTROPLATED NICKEL SILVER (EPNS); PART OF HANDLE SYNTHETIC/ (NB: NICKEL OR GERMAN SILVER IS AN ALLOY OF COPPER, NICKEL & ZINC; IT CONTAINS NO SILVER)
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 16.0 cm
- Width
- 8.3 cm
- Height
- 15.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Railway Transportation
- Category
- Services
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Benedict
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- Period
- WOULD HAVE BEEN USED SOMETIME BETWEEN 1898 WHEN LINE STARTED AND 1970 WHEN POT GIVEN TO NMST
- Canada
-
EXAMPLE OF A POT USED ON THE NEWFOUNDLAND RAILWAY. THE NEWFOUNDLAND RAILWAY STARTED IN 1898; WAS TAKEN OVER BY CANADIAN NATIONAL IN 1924; AND WAS FINALLY CLOSED IN 1998 [REF 1] - Function
-
TO HOLD AND CARRY HOT LIQUID, PROBABLY WATER OR COFFEE, IN A PUBLIC SETTING - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- ENGRAVED ON SIDE: 'N.R.'/ ENGRAVED ON UNDERSIDE OF BASE: 'SILVER SOLDERED/ BENEDICT/CANADA/ PROCTOR/ E.P.N.S./ INDESTRUCTO/ 2201/ 16 OUNCE'
- Missing
- NONE.
- Finish
- SILVER METAL POT HAS BLACK SYNTHETIC HANDLE.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Benedict Proctor, Pot, hot water, between 1898–1970, Artifact no. 1970.0425, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1970.0425.001/
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