Pint Measure
date: label: date made
content: 19th century
label: date made
content: ca 1846
notes: label: Description
content: Bulbous or bellied measure with grooved embryo-shell thumb piece; pint size. Wide-rimmed, domed lid with raised center and a pair of incised lines around edge. Galleried rim and plain, molded base; one incised line around rim and two pairs around body. Tapered, S-scroll handle with stepped thumbrest and semi-bud terminal; conical strut. Circular touchmark, including capacity, of Robert Whyte of Edinburgh cast inside lid. Rim exterior stamped "PINT" at front with a crowned "VR / 1846" verification mark for Edinburgh and "ER" mark for Ayr Burgh ("468") to right and left of handle.
label: Description
content: Maker is Robert Whyte of Edinburgh, Scotland, working 1804-1854.
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.67.0237
label: catalog number
content: 67.0237
label: accession number
content: 250853
objectType: label: Object Name
content: measure
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: pewter (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 3/4 in x 5 1/4 in x 3 3/4 in; 14.605 cm x 13.335 cm x 9.525 cm