Melting Pot for Tallow with pierced flume design handle
Unknown American, American
19th century
Cast Iron
Overall: 2 × 7 5/8 in. (5.1 × 19.4 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Mrs. Ashley Kingsley Hardy, Class of 1894W
M.941.21.1
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Tools and Equipment: Food Service
Research Area
Decorative Arts
Not on view
Inscriptions
KENRICK
Provenance
Home of Judge Silas Hardy (1827-1912), Class of 1855, Keene, New Hampshire; to his son, Ashley Kingsley Hardy (1871-1940), Class of 1894, about 1912; to his wife, Adelaide Benton Sanford Hardy (1872-1964), Hanover, New Hampshire, about 1940; given to present collection, 1941.
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