Gill Measure
date: label: date made
content: 19th century
label: date made
content: ca 1856
notes: label: Description
content: Angular, bulbous or bellied measure with grooved embryo-shell thumb piece; gill size. Concave, flat-top domed lid with an incised line around center and edge. Galleried rim and molded base; one incised line around rim and two pairs around body. Tapered S-scroll handle with stepped thumbrest and scroll terminal; short, faceted strut. Circular touchmark of James Moyes of Edinburgh cast inside lid. Rim exterior stamped on front "GILL", partially overstruck by an oval stamp of a rooster and "68"; two Victorian verification marks, including a crowned "VR / 1856" verification mark for Edinburgh to right of handle. Four concentric circles inside bottom.
label: Description
content: Maker is James Moyes of Edinburgh, Scotland, working 1849-1891.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: Scotland, Edinburgh
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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.67.0239
label: catalog number
content: 67.0239
label: accession number
content: 250853
objectType: label: Object Name
content: measure
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: pewter (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 5/8 in x 3 1/2 in x 2 3/8 in; 9.2075 cm x 8.89 cm x 6.0325 cm