Demi Decilitre Measure
date: label: date made
content: 1885
notes: label: Description
content: Bracket-handled, cylindrical metric measure with a sloped collar pinched into spout and a conforming inset lid; molded lower rim and base. Hooked tab thumb piece with wedge extension; five-knuckle hinge; stepped thumbrest Stamped on front of body "DEMI / DECILITRE" in incuse serif letters; on front of lower rim with "** / 3" next to clasped hands in an oval; on face of handle with clasped hands mark; and on extension and top of rim with an indecipherible number of letter verification marks. Underside of flat bottom struck once with arched touchmark "ALBERT" in incuse serif letters. One of an assembled set of six metric measures, DL*67.0334-.0339.
label: Description
content: Maker is Albert of Lille, France.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France: Hauts-de-France, Lille
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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.67.0339
label: catalog number
content: 67.0339
label: accession number
content: 250853
objectType: label: Object Name
content: measure
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: pewter (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 3/8 in x 2 1/2 in x 1 5/8 in; 8.5725 cm x 6.35 cm x 4.1275 cm