Demi Decilitre Measure
date: label: date made
content: 1875
notes: label: Description
content: Bracket-handled, cylindrical metric measure with a sloped collar pinched into spout at front and an overhanging pouted lid; molded lower rim and base. Curved-back thumb piece with flat extension; five-knuckle hinge has domed-end hinge pin. Stamped on front of body "DEMI / DECILITRE" in incuse serif letters below clasped hands in an oval above "** / 52"; on tip of lid and face of handle with clasped hands mark; and on extension and face of handle with an indecipherible number of letter verification marks. Underside of flat bottom struck once with incuse oval touchmark of "MAISON LESEIGNEUR (arched) / DEVERRE Suc.\r / CAEN (curved)".
label: Description
content: Maker is Deverre, successor of Maison Leseigneur of Caen, France.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France: Normandie, Caen
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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.67.0348
label: catalog number
content: 67.0348
label: accession number
content: 250853
objectType: label: Object Name
content: measure
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: pewter (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/2 in x 2 3/4 in x 2 1/8 in; 8.89 cm x 6.985 cm x 5.3975 cm