Quart Measure
date: label: date made
content: 1832
notes: label: Description
content: Lidless baluster measure with a stepped, galleried rim and molded base; quart size. Two incised lines around rim and three above swelled center of body. Tapered, S-scroll handle with flat, stepped thumbrest and short, D-section terminal; strut with diamond- or lozenge-shaped attachment. Bottom exterior stamped "BOARDMAN / & HART" and "N-YORK", both in raised serif letters inside rectangles. Rim exterior stamped incuse "AB" to left of handle and "1832" to its right.
label: Description
content: Maker is Boardman & Hart, New York, NY, w. 1828-1853. The Boardmans were a well-known family of pewtersmiths in Connecticut during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Lucius Hart (1803-1871) apprenticed with Thomas Danforth Boardman (1784-1873) and was his partner in the New York branch of the business. Boardman & Hart manufactured pewter but, over time, produced less of it in favor of Britannia and block tin.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
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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.67.0079
label: catalog number
content: 67.0079
label: accession number
content: 250853
objectType: label: Object Name
content: measure
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: pewter (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 in x 5 3/4 in x 3 3/4 in; 17.78 cm x 14.605 cm x 9.525 cm