Quarter Gill Measure
date: label: date made
content: 1745-1845
notes: label: Description
content: Bristol Low or West Country measure; quarter gill size. Conical or ovoid body with molded neck and incised line at seam; circular, everted rim with flared, molded lip; molded, slightly flared foot. Tapered, D- or ear-shaped handle has an arched thumbrest; upper bud terminal with oval attachment just below neck; flat lower terminal attached above seam. Illegible mark on rim interior. Rim exterior stamped below spout "I F G". Three faint stamps on bottom outside, one illegible to left of a crowned harp in shield and a seated female figure (Britannia or Hibernia) in shield.
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.67.0129
label: catalog number
content: 67.0129
label: accession number
content: 250853
objectType: label: Object Name
content: measure
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: pewter (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 5/8 in x 2 1/2 in x 2 in; 6.6675 cm x 6.35 cm x 5.08 cm