Washboard

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Object Name: 
Washboard
Place Made: 
United States
Accession Number: 
96.4.147
Dimensions: 
Overall W: 15.5 cm, L: 22.3 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1920-1940
Credit Line: 
Anonymous gift
Primary Description: 
Colorless non-lead glass; pressed. Rectangular flat object, thicker around the edge and with two "legs" at bottom, with a waffled surface on one side and a corrugated surface on the other, "MIDGET WASHER" is in raised letters at top of corrugated side.

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Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Anonymous Source
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
pressing