Vacuum Bottle
ManufacturerManufactured by
The American Thermos Bottle Co.
American
Dateabout 1930s
MediumChrome-plated brass, steel, glass, and enamel
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 7 × 7in. (17.8 × 17.8cm)
ClassificationsMetalware
Credit LineMuseum purchase
DescriptionSpherical vacuum bottle (.a) with a flattened, curved handle that runs from the middle back of the bottle to the top front. The front of the handle adjoins a shallow circular opening with a curved lip at the front. The stopper (.b) fits inside this opening. The stopper has a round head and a narrower cylindrical portion that fits inside the opening in the bottle. The vacuum bottle has a shallow foot at the bottom.
The bottom half of the vacuum bottle and the handle, including the lip on the opening of the bottle, are chromium-plated steel. The top half of the vacuum bottle and the rounded head of the stopper are painted with robin's egg blue enamel. The bottle has a glass liner.
The bottom half of the vacuum bottle and the handle, including the lip on the opening of the bottle, are chromium-plated steel. The top half of the vacuum bottle and the rounded head of the stopper are painted with robin's egg blue enamel. The bottle has a glass liner.
Object number1999.81.0a,b
MarkingsMarked on base: "THE AMERICAN THERMOS BOTTLE CO./NORWICH, CONN. USA/VACUUM BOTTLE/THE ONLY THERMOS/REG. U.S. PAT. OFFICE/No. 3570"On View
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