General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

6

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Tall all- metal container (tin) has copper clad base; black turned wood (?) finial fitted to bright silver metal whistle; all seams folded and soldered.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

35.0 cm

Width

32.6 cm

Height

34.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Domestic Technology

Category

Food processing

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Peerless

Country

United States of America

State/Province

New York

City

Buffalo

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

Possibly used c. 1903- 1930.

Canada

Type of domestic technology used for cooking food but also, to make preserves. It seems they were manufactured also by a Canadian company, Onward Manufacturing Company Limited situated in Berlin, Ontario, in the early 1900s. [Ref. 1]

Function

General: To heat contents. Specific: To contain heated water which generates steam.

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

"MANUF'D BY/ PEERLESS/ COOKER CO./ BUFFALO, NY" appears in raised print on disc soldered to container front. Parks Canada catalogue no. "X.76.275.11A" printed by hand in white ink beside proper right side handle.

Missing

Appears complete.

Finish

Tall all- metal container (tin) has copper clad base; black turned wood (?) finial fitted to bright silver metal whistle; all seams folded and soldered.

Decoration

N/A