Sprinkler

Sprinkler

Laundry sprayer: round copper container with a funnel shaped tube on top and a knob. Two chinese characters stamped onto top. Copper laundry sprayer from Luke family laundry. Sprayer appears to be welded together with joins along the top and bottom and along one side. The sprayer is composed of a cylindrical body with a raised bottle-neck opening at the top off to the side. The opening has a lid (B) which screws on top. The lid also has a small punctured hole at the top. Also attached to the top with grey soldering material is a conical spout. The large opening extends out beyond the edge of the lower cylindrical body. The tip of the conical spout has a small opening joined to the body near its edge. There is a hole in the base with a small raised spout right at the opening of the conical spout. Engraved on the top of the sprayer's body ojpposite to the raised bottle-neck opening are two calligrapic characters. The upper edge of the sides of the sprayer's body is lined with a grey soldering material also. The sprayer is used in laundries. Water is kept in the sprayer's body and one would blow into the wide opening of the conical spout causing the water which would be poured out of the small raised opening in the top to spray out. The sprayer has slight dents all over. It is also covered with black spots. The top area including the spout is particularly discolored and is a muted dull copper color instead of a shiny copper color.

1992.035.003