Quart Measure
date: label: date made
content: 1762-1820
label: date made
content: ca 1825
notes: label: Description
content: Plain, lidless, angular baluster measure with a beaded, galleried rim and molded, flared foot; quart size. Line visible at seam. Tapered, S-scroll handle with upper flat terminal and S-curved thumbrest; lower semi-bud terminal attached below seam. Front of body is stamped "QUART" in incuse serif letters. Rim exterior with numerous verification marks, including a crowned "ER" for Reading ("254"). Thumbrest has a crowned "G[R] / IV" bordered by "IMPERIAL" arched above and "WILLSHIRE", upside down, curved below. Bottom interior with crowned "X" mark.
label: Description
content: "IMPERIAL / WILLSHIRE" mark needs further research. Maker suggested to be Thomas Willshire (circa 1785-1825) or T. & W. Willshire (circa 1795-1809), but the imperial standard was not adopted until 1826 and George IV died in 1830.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, Bristol, City of
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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.67.0149
label: catalog number
content: 67.0149
label: accession number
content: 250853
objectType: label: Object Name
content: measure
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: pewter (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 1/4 in x 6 1/2 in x 4 1/2 in; 15.875 cm x 16.51 cm x 11.43 cm