Imperial Half Gallon Measure
date: label: date made
content: 1805
notes: label: Description
content: Lidless tappit hen measure with a reshaped, flat, angled upper terminal; imperial half gallon size. Molded lip and plain base with molded bands around bottom of rim, below shoulder, and at base. Rim exterior is stamped "1/2 IMP. GAL." in incuse serif letters on front opposite handle with an illegible mark and crowned George IV Edinburgh verification mark to right of handle. Flat bottom with circular pot touch of Robert Whyte of Edinburgh.
label: Description
content: Maker is Robert Whyte of Edinburgh, Scotland, working 1804-1854. The George IV mark indicates date made is pre-1830.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
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.67.0206
label: catalog number
content: 67.0206
label: accession number
content: 250853
objectType: label: Object Name
content: measure
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: pewter (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 3/4 in x 10 3/8 in x 5 in; 17.145 cm x 26.3525 cm x 12.7 cm