Half Pint Measure
date: label: date made
content: 1790-1850
label: date made
content: ca 1800-1830
notes: label: Description
content: Baluster measure with plain embryo-shell thumb piece; half pint size. Stepped, triangular extension is burnt to the flat lid, which has two pairs of incised lines on its exterior and two single lines on its interior. Body has a galleried rim and flared base; two incised lines around rim, one at base, and two pairs around body. Angular strap handle impressed with a bead-and-shell design at thumbrest; flared tab terminal with conical strut and circular attachment. Rim exterior is stamped to left of handle with a partial Dean of Guild mark and a George IV verification mark overstruck by an upside-down, circular City of Fife mark. Five concentric circles on bottom inside; "Dundee / 47(?)" scratched on outside, crossed out.
label: Description
content: George IV mark indicates made before 1830.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: Scotland
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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.67.0226
label: catalog number
content: 67.0226
label: accession number
content: 250853
objectType: label: Object Name
content: measure
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: pewter (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 in x 3 7/8 in x 2 3/4 in; 12.7 cm x 9.8425 cm x 6.985 cm