Pot, Stock

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Homestead Museum

Name/Title

Pot, Stock

Entry/Object ID

2022.1.1.3

Description

A National Pressure Cooker, Eau Claire, Wisconsin, ca. 1915. The pressure cooker is made of cast aluminum and is in a cylindrical shape. Similar to modern day crockpots, the pressure cooker would be used for cooking purposes but also for canning. It contains a eight pressure valves surrounding the lid, gague reader, bottom container has two handles at each side. The lid has debossed signature of "NATIONAL/PRESSURE/COOKER/EAU CLAIRE WIS." With heavy rust, oxidation along the rim of the lid, various surface scratches, the object is in fair condition.

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Pot, Stock