Gallon Measure
date: label: date made
content: 1820-1870
notes: label: Description
content: Lidless bulbous or bellied measure with a beaded, galleried rim and circular domed foot; gallon size. Two pairs of thick and thin incised lines at shoulder; line at seam. Tapered, S-scroll handle with ridged and tongued thumbrest and lower bud terminal attached above seam. Rim exterior stamped to right of handle "1 (overstruck) GALLON" and "IMPERIAL", both in raised serif letters inside serrated rectangles, and to left of handle with a tower over the raised serif letters "A.B.D", all in a rectangle, possibly a verification mark for Aberdeen.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England
setName: label: See more items in
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.67.0131
label: catalog number
content: 67.0131
label: accession number
content: 250853
objectType: label: Object Name
content: measure
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: pewter (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 1/2 in x 8 3/4 in x 7 7/8 in; 26.67 cm x 22.225 cm x 20.0025 cm