Kettle

Name/Title

Kettle

Entry/Object ID

2853

Acquisition

Source (if not Accessioned)

Mrs. Leon Smelo

Notes

Date: 1975 Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Leon Smelo, Class of 1934 Means of Accession: Gift

Made/Created

Artist

W. Heiss

Date made

circa 1800

Place

City

Philadelphia

State

Pennsylvania

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

H, W: 7x8 1/4 in

Height

7 in

Width

8-1/4 in

Material

Copper

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Exhibition Label

Label

This is something every kitchen would have had at the beginning of the 19th century: a kettle for hot water that would hang in the fireplace. It holds enough water to be useful but not so much that an average housewife or maid couldn’t lug it to where it was needed. Today, some people believe that drinking water from a copper vessel will produce such health benefits as stimulating peristalsis, killing harmful bacteria, reducing stomach inflammation, and helping prevent heart disease.