Half Gill Measure
date: label: date made
content: 16th century
notes: label: Description
content: Baluster measure with hammerhead thumb piece; half gill size. Wedge extension is burnt to the flat lid, which has an incised line around edge and center. Plain body has a rounded-edge galleried rim and slightly flared base; short foot ring. Strap handle with short terminal; no strut. Top of lid is stamped three times with "R T R(backwards?)" in a raised sans serif font inside a circle. Rim exterior to left of handle with partial mark, possibly "h (?)", also in a raised sans serif font inside a square.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England
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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.67.0099
label: catalog number
content: 67.0099
label: accession number
content: 250853
objectType: label: Object Name
content: measure
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: pewter (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 3/4 in x 2 in x 1 1/2 in; 6.985 cm x 5.08 cm x 3.81 cm