Litre Measure
date: label: date made
content: 19th century
notes: label: Description
content: Bracket-handled, cylindrical metric measure with high collar pinched into spout at front and sloped at back for the rounded inset lid; molded lower rim and base. Hooked tab thumb piece with wedge extension; five-knuckle hinge has domed-end hinge pin; stepped thumbrest. Stamped on front of body "LITR[E]" in incuse serif letters; on collar outside with a fleur-de-lis and inside with a decorative "Y"; to right of handle with 16 large letter verification marks; and on extension with three small letters. Underside of flat bottom struck at center with circle and shaped rectangular touchmark containing "RA / M". One of an assembled set of six metric measures, DL*67.0334-.0339.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France: Île-de-France, Paris
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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.67.0335
label: catalog number
content: 67.0335
label: accession number
content: 250853
objectType: label: Object Name
content: measure
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: pewter (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 3/4 in x 5 5/8 in x 4 1/4 in; 22.225 cm x 14.2875 cm x 10.795 cm