Gill Measure
date: label: date made
content: 1826
notes: label: Description
content: Baluster measure with ball-and-bar thumb piece; gill size. Flat lid with incised circles at center and around edge. Body with galleried rim and flared base; two incised lines around rim, two pairs around body, and one at foot. Plain strap handle with short terminal; cylindrical strut. Lid cast inside with "W. SCOTT / 1826" in raised serif letters. Rim exterior with crowned George IV Edinburgh verification mark on front and Robert Wright, Dean of Guild mark to right of handle.
label: Description
content: There was more than one pewterer named William Scott working in The Grassmarket and West Bow areas of Edinburgh at this time. Could be William Scott (III), 1794-1836, or his son William Scott (IV), working 1830-1849. Robert Wright was Dean of Guild, 1825-1827.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: Scotland, Edinburgh
label: place used
content: United Kingdom: Scotland, Edinburgh
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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.67.0221
label: catalog number
content: 67.0221
label: accession number
content: 250853
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Measure
label: Object Name
content: measure
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: pewter (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 in x 3 5/16 in x 2 1/8 in; 10.16 cm x 8.382 cm x 5.334 cm