Measure or Mug
date: label: date made
content: ca 1800 - 1850
notes: label: Description
content: Japanned measure or mug with raised band near the top of its slightly tapered, cylindrical body and a tapered, D- or ear-shaped, strap handle soft-soldered at its wire rim and vertical folded seam; flat bottom with folded edge. Painted on front with a right-facing spray of three, circular, red fruit or flower motifs with white and alizarin overtones, the largest at center has yellow crosshatching and springs from a curved white stem surrounded by yellow and green leaflets. No marks.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Berlin
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1978.0119.40
label: accession number
content: 1978.0119
label: catalog number
content: 1978.0119.40
objectType: label: Object Name
content: mug
label: Object Name
content: measure
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: tinned sheet iron (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron wire (rims material)
label: Physical Description
content: asphaltum (exterior decoration material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (exterior decoration material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 9/16 in x 4 1/4 in x 3 1/8 in; 11.58875 cm x 10.795 cm x 7.9375 cm