Quarter Gill Measure
date: label: date made
content: 1820-1870
label: date made
content: 1900-1910
notes: label: Description
content: Lidless bulbous or bellied measure with a beaded, galleried rim and cast circular flared foot; quarter gill size. Two pairs of thick and thin scored lines around shoulder. Tapered, S-scroll handle with incurved thumbrest and lower pointed terminal with oval attachment at seam. Front of body is stamped "1/4 GILL" in incuse sans serif letters. Rim front has crowned "ER" verification mark for Birmingham ("6") and an unidentified "L"-shaped mark. Bottom interior with diamond, Y-in-triangle and X maker's mark.
label: Description
content: Gaskell & Chambers was established circa 1892 in Birmingham, England; manufacturer of metal bar and drink dispensing equipment (pewter, copper, etc.). They likely made these measures using molds originally owned by James Yates (working under his own name, 1860-1891). Although Gaskell & Chambers did not intend to deceive, their measures have been sold as or faked to be by Yates.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, Birmingham, Birmingham
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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.67.0141
label: catalog number
content: 67.0141
label: accession number
content: 250853
objectType: label: Object Name
content: measure
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: pewter (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 in x 2 1/2 in x 1 5/8 in; 5.08 cm x 6.35 cm x 4.1275 cm