Half Gallon Measure
date: label: date made
content: ca 1694
notes: label: Description
content: Plain baluster measure with a galleried rim and flared base; missing lid. Half gallon size. Slender, strap handle with hinge lug and stepped thumbrest; short terminal with circular strut. Rim exterior stamped to right of handle with a small, incuse circle containing the raised serif letters "ES" separated by a four-lobed motif with pellet above and below, and a partial mark possibly of a crown over an "N" in conforming surround, placed sideways. Illegible circular mark on top of handle. Bottom exterior is incised around perimeter "*WILLEM*BOGADVS* 15 APRIL - ANNO 1694*" and stamped incuse "EB(?)" in a rectangle; the serif letters "IL" are lightly scratched at center.
label: Description
content: Maker is Edward Smith of London; mark entered November 17, 1690 (Cotterell, #4345A, p. 307).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, London
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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.67.0093
label: catalog number
content: 67.0093
label: accession number
content: 250853
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Measure
label: Object Name
content: measure
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: pewter (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 1/4 in x 6 7/8 in x 4 7/8 in; 26.035 cm x 17.4625 cm x 12.3825 cm