Gill Measure
date: label: date made
content: 1793-1805
notes: label: Description
content: Bristol Low or West Country measure; gill size. Conical or ovoid body with incised line at seam; circular, everted rim with two incised lines; molded foot. Tapered, C-scroll handle has spurred thumbrest; both terminals attached to body. Illegible mark on rim interior. Rim exterior stamped to left of handle with verification mark for Bath. Bottom exterior has maker's mark of M. Fothergill & Sons. From a set of four, DL*67.0125-.0128.
label: Description
content: Maker is M. Fothergill & Sons, Bristol, England; working 1783-1835.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, Bristol
setName: label: See more items in
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.67.0128
label: catalog number
content: 67.0128
label: accession number
content: 250853
objectType: label: Object Name
content: measure
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: pewter (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/2 in x 3 3/8 in x 2 5/8 in; 8.89 cm x 8.5725 cm x 6.6675 cm