Demi Litre Measure
date: label: date made
content: 19th century
notes: label: Description
content: Bracket-handled, cylindrical metric measure with a sloped collar pinched into spout at front and an overhanging pouted lid; molded lower rim and base. Curved-back thumb piece with flat extension; five-knuckle hinge has domed-end hinge pin. Stamped on front of body "DEMI / LITRE" in incuse serif letters; on front of lower rim with clasped hands in an oval above "208"; on tip of lid and face of handle with clasped hands mark; and on extension and face of handle with an indecipherible number of letter verification marks. Underside of flat bottom struck once with incuse oval touchmark of "N & C" over a four-legged, winged insect facing left.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Constance Dwan Wylie (Walker Gill Wylie Collection)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.67.0345
label: catalog number
content: 67.0345
label: accession number
content: 250853
objectType: label: Object Name
content: measure
label: Object Name
content: measure, half liter
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: pewter (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 5/8 in x 5 in x 3 5/8 in; 16.8275 cm x 12.7 cm x 9.2075 cm