Half Pint Measure
date: label: date made
content: 1700-1850
label: date made
content: ca 1800
notes: label: Description
content: Guernsey measure or flagon with double-acorn thumb piece; half pint size. Wedge extension is burnt to the plain, pointed and pouted lid. Plain body with slightly flared rim and wide, single-incised, flared base. Strap handle with pointed terminal; oval strut. Elaborate touchmark on outside of lid "N\s. L C.t" and "GUERNESEY" in shaped surrounds flanked by roses; "M.B:H. / S" stamped below in incuse serif letters, erased. Verification marks for Guernsey of a five-petaled rose and a fleur-de-lis are stamped on opposite sides of rim exterior.
label: Description
content: Maker is Nicolas Le Cheminant, working 1780-1830.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Guernsey
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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.67.0175
label: catalog number
content: 67.0175
label: accession number
content: 250853
objectType: label: Object Name
content: measure
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: pewter (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 1/2 in x 3 3/4 in x 2 3/4 in; 13.97 cm x 9.525 cm x 6.985 cm