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- OBJECT TYPE
- OIL APPLICATOR
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2004.2081.011
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 11
- Total Parts
- 12
- AKA
- Sewing machine oil can
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Small silver metal dome shaped oil can
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- N/A
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- 5.1 cm
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Industrial Technology
- Category
- Tool maintenance
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
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Canadian companies. Kenmore has a long tradition and a high rank in the production of electrical household appliances and those sold under this brand name are still very popular among Canadian consumers - Function
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Very small oil can used for containing a small amount of oil to lubricate a sewing machine - Technical
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Relation to the collection: presently, NMST's collection has 4 sewing machines from the 1950s, but none on the Kenmore brand. Besides, the collection has a Kenmore toaster and a Kenmore range. Relation to technology: innovations with this model of a compact cabinet which allows the mechanism to fold-in and being taken out when in use; innovation with the lid that becomes a working space when unfolded - Area Notes
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Unknown
Details
- Markings
- N/A
- Missing
- Appears complete
- Finish
- Empty small, silver dome shaped oil can
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Oiler, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 2004.2081, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2004.2081.011/
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