Half Gallon Measure
date: label: date made
content: 1870 - 1890
notes: label: Description
content: Lidless bulbous or bellied measure with galleried rim and cast circular foot; half gallon size. Bead-and-groove band at shoulder; faint line visible at seam. S-scroll, crank or ridged handle tapers to a short terminal with small oval strut. Stamped incuse on front "½ / GALLON" in serif letters across neck and "2 / QUART" in sans serif letters on belly. Rim exterior stamped to left of handle "HALF / [G]ALL[ON]" next to a crowned "VR" verification mark for London County ("349 / LCC"), and on front with crowned "ER" and "VR" marks for Oxford County ("367") along with six letter-number pairs. No maker's marks.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England
topic: label: Subject
content: Beer & Spirits
label: Subject
content: Beverages
label: Subject
content: Commercial Furnishings
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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.67.0132
label: catalog number
content: 67.0132
label: accession number
content: 250853
objectType: label: Object Name
content: measure
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 in x 8 in x 5 1/8 in; 20.32 cm x 20.32 cm x 13.0175 cm