Gill Measure
date: label: date made
content: ca 1800
notes: label: Description
content: Baluster measure with bud thumb piece; gill size. Stepped, triangular extension is burnt to the flat lid, which has a pair of incised lines around edge and center. Body has a galleried rim and flared base; one pair of incised lines around rim and two around body. Tapered, S-scroll handle with short terminal; short cylindrical strut, no attachment. Large serif letter "S" stamped incuse sideways on handle outside near top. No other marks. Repair on inside rim at join with upper terminal.
label: Description
content: From a set of six measures, DL*67.0100-.0105, attributed to T. & W. Willshire of Bristol, England, circa 1800, on the basis of the mark on DL*67.0102.
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.67.0105
label: catalog number
content: 67.0105
label: accession number
content: 250853
objectType: label: Object Name
content: measure
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: pewter (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/8 in x 3 1/4 in x 2 1/4 in; 10.4775 cm x 8.255 cm x 5.715 cm