Half Gill Measure
date: label: date made
content: early 19th century
notes: label: Description
content: Baluster measure with shell thumb piece and indecipherable crowned seal on the low-domed lid; half gill size. Two incised lines around the galleried rim and two pairs around the body; plain, flared base. Strap handle with stepped thumbrest and short terminal; conical strut. Small circular mark containing Prince of Wales feathers between "GR" on rim exterior, to left of handle.
label: Description
content: "GR" mark not identified. Imperial lidded measures are considered to be a Glasgow type. They rarely have a maker's mark.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: Scotland, Glasgow City
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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.67.0246
label: catalog number
content: 67.0246
label: accession number
content: 250853
objectType: label: Object Name
content: measure
label: Object Name
content: measure, half gill
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: pewter (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 3/4 in x 3 in x 1 7/8 in; 9.525 cm x 7.62 cm x 4.7625 cm