Half Gill Measure
date: label: date made
content: 1825-1827
notes: label: Description
content: Baluster measure with ball-and-bar thumb piece; half gill size. Flat lid with a pair of incised circles around edge. Body with galleried rim and flared base; two incised lines around rim, two pairs around body, and one at foot. Plain strap handle with short terminal; oval attachment. Rim exterior with crowned George IV Edinburgh verification mark and Robert Wright, Dean of Guild mark on front. Three concentric circles on bottom inside.
label: Description
content: Robert Wright was Dean of Guild, 1825-1827.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: Scotland, Edinburgh, 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.67.0223
label: catalog number
content: 67.0223
label: accession number
content: 250853
objectType: label: Object Name
content: measure
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: pewter (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/8 in x 2 5/8 in x 1 5/8 in; 7.9375 cm x 6.6675 cm x 4.1275 cm