Posted 3 years ago
hmta
(3 items)
This brass item is about 3” tall, 3.5” in diameter and the spout is approximately 6” long. It was given to my father many years ago. He was told that it had been used in the family’s Chinese Laundry company. What was it used for? Thank you for your help!
They are chinese laundry sprayers..
https://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/2012/09/doing-the-museums-dirty-laundry-families-learn-to-launder-the-hard-way-1.html
http://collections.mnhs.org/cms/display.php?irn=10458559
https://projects.iq.harvard.edu/chineseamericanwomen/media-gallery/detail/758321/3242816
Thank you! I am happy to know what it was used for.