Half Pint Measure
date: label: date made
content: 1650-1700
notes: label: Description
content: Lidless baluster measure with a galleried rim, flared base, and blind hinge lug; half pint size. Two incised lines around rim, one at foot, and two pairs around body. Plain strap handle with pointed lower terminal and cylindrical strut. Rim exterior is stamped on front "1/2 PINT", with crowned "VR" and "ER" verification marks for Aberdeen City ("146"), "AIC(?)" in a rectangle, and "08" to the right; City of Aberdeen verification mark is to left of handle.
label: Description
content: The blind hinge lug is thought to be an Aberdeen feature.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: Scotland, Aberdeen
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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.67.0230
label: catalog number
content: 67.0230
label: accession number
content: 250853
objectType: label: Object Name
content: measure
label: Object Name
content: measure, half pint
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: pewter (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in x 2 5/8 in; 11.43 cm x 8.89 cm x 6.6675 cm