"Demi Decilitre" Measure
date: label: date made
content: 1850-1905
label: date made
content: 1830-1850
notes: label: Description
content: Bracket-handled, cylindrical metric measure with molded rim and base, hooked rectangular thumb piece, and flat extension burnt to the rimless domed lid; five-knuckle hinge. Handle has notched top corner. Stamped on front "DEMI / DECILITRE" in incuse serif letters below an upside-down small imperial crown; on face of handle with the raised serif letters "I" and "D"; and on extension with a small raised serif "E". Underside of flat bottom struck once with largely illegible touchmark "[LAURENT FRERES] (arched) / B[REV]E[T]E[S] / TOULOUSE (curved)". Lid loose and ill-fitting. One of an assembled set of five metric measures, DL*67.0321-.0325.
label: Description
content: Maker is Laurent Freres of Toulouse, France.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France: Occitanie, Toulouse
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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.67.0325
label: catalog number
content: 67.0325
label: accession number
content: 250853
objectType: label: Object Name
content: measure
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: pewter (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/2 in x 2 1/8 in x 1 3/4 in; 8.89 cm x 5.3975 cm x 4.445 cm