icebox

icebox is a furniture or major appliance.

Also recorded as cold closet.

Overview

Materials recorded for it include wood, zinc sheet and thermal insulation material. Its recorded use is food preservation and food storage. The record gives 1803 as its date of establishment or first appearance. Catalogue entries for furniture state timber, construction, later restoration and dimensions. VALÉORINE records this subject so that lots referring to it can be described consistently.

In detail

non-mechanical household appliance for cooling foodstuffs using ice

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

    “Icebox”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q3667020: icebox

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