Liquid Measure
name: label: maker
content: Central Stamping Company
notes: label: Description
content: This is a one-quart tin pitcher. It probably dates from the late nineteenth century. A paper label on the side reads “PURITAN WARE / MADE FROM THE BEST MATERIAL THAT CAN BE SECURED / THE BEST PRACTICAL ARTICLE THAT CAN BE PRODUCED.” Also, “THE CENTRAL STAMPING COMPANY, N.Y.” and “A.A.A. / EXTRA COATED / PLATES / XX.”
label: Description
content: This came from Dunbar High School in Washington, D.C., and was said to have been used as a liquid measure. Dunbar, America’s first public high school for black students, was established in 1891 as the Preparatory High School for Colored Youth.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Transfer from D.C. Public Schools
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CH.326951
label: catalog number
content: 326951
label: accession number
content: 264801
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Liquid Measure
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 16 cm x 11 cm x 15 cm; 6 5/16 in x 4 5/16 in x 5 7/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 1/4 in x 6 in x 4 3/8 in; 15.875 cm x 15.24 cm x 11.1125 cm