Ale Jug
date: label: date made
content: early 19th c.
label: date made
content: c. 1805-1854
notes: label: Description
content: Double-dome lidded ale jug with an openwork thumb piece, engraved on front of body "J&CB" in foliate script letters. Plain, inverted-bulbous or -bellied body has a slightly flared neck with molded rim and flared foot; faint line visible at seam. Compound-scroll handle with five-knuckle hinge, stepped thumbrest and short terminal; upper terminal attached below rim. Plain, inset, curved spout; no strainer. Pot touch of "[GER]ARDIN (arched) / & / WATSON (curved)", all in raised serif letters, on bottom inside.
label: Description
content: Maker is Gerardin and Watson of London, England, c. 1805-1854.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, London
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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.67.0154
label: catalog number
content: 67.0154
label: accession number
content: 250853
objectType: label: Object Name
content: jug, ale
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: pewter (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 in x 5 7/8 in x 4 in; 17.78 cm x 14.9225 cm x 10.16 cm