Ale Jug
date: label: date made
content: early 19th century
label: date made
content: ca 1805-1854
notes: label: Description
content: Lidded ale jug with an openwork thumb piece, engraved on front of body "CB" in foliate script letters. Double-domed lid. Inverted-baluster body with molded rim, neck and foot. Compound- or double-scroll handle with tongue-and-dot thumbrest and short terminal; upper terminal with conical strut attached below rim. Plain, inset, curved spout; no strainer. Partial pot touch of "[GE]RARDIN (arched) / [& / WATSON (curved)]", all in raised serif letters, on bottom inside.
label: Description
content: Maker is Gerardin and Watson of London, England, circa 1805-1854.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, London
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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.67.0156
label: catalog number
content: 67.0156
label: accession number
content: 250853
objectType: label: Object Name
content: jug, ale
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: pewter (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 1/2 in x 6 in x 3 1/2 in; 13.97 cm x 15.24 cm x 8.89 cm