Dry Measures (8)
date: label: Date made
content: 18th century
label: Date made
content: 1700-1800 18th century
label: Date made
content: 1700-1800
notes: label: Description
content: Eight shallow wooden containers bound with brass. In the bottom of each is a hole through which there might be a rod for stacking and carrying. This set might be Dutch, 18th century, and used for measuring grain.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CH.316647
label: catalog number
content: 316647
label: accession number
content: 224507
objectType: label: Object Name
content: volumetric measures
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: largest container: 6 3/4 in x 14 in; 17.145 cm x 35.56 cm
label: Measurements
content: smallest container: 1 7/8 in x 4 1/2 in; 4.7625 cm x 11.43 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall; smallest: 1 7/8 in x 4 1/2 in; 4.7625 cm x 11.43 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall; largest: 6 9/16 in x 14 1/4 in; 16.66875 cm x 36.195 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall; rod: 1 1/4 in x 29 1/16 in x 2 1/2 in; 3.175 cm x 73.81875 cm x 6.35 cm