Pint Measure
date: label: date made
content: 1850-1925
label: date made
content: ca 1910
notes: label: Description
content: Lidless bulbous or bellied measure with a beaded, galleried rim and cast circular flared foot; pint size. Slight bead flanked by pairs of incised lines at shoulder. Tapered, S-scroll handle with arched and stepped thumbrest and lower short terminal attached at seam. Front of body stamped incuse "PINT" in incuse sans serif letters. Rim exterior has two verification marks, one crowned "GR" mark for Birmingham ("6) and one possibly for Renfrew County ("17"). Bottom interior with Y-in-triangle and X maker's mark and exterior with maker's name.
label: Description
content: Gaskell & Chambers was established circa 1892 in Birmingham, England; manufacturer of metal bar and drink dispensing equipment (pewter, copper, etc.). They likely made these measures using molds originally owned by James Yates (working under his own name, 1860-1891). Although Gaskell & Chambers did not intend to deceive, their measures have been sold as or faked to be by Yates.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, Birmingham, Birmingham
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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.67.0146
label: catalog number
content: 67.0146
label: accession number
content: 250853
objectType: label: Object Name
content: measure
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: pewter (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 3/4 in x 5 1/2 in x 3 3/4 in; 12.065 cm x 13.97 cm x 9.525 cm