Ale Jug
date: label: date made
content: 1790-1870
label: date made
content: ca 1860-1930
notes: label: Description
content: Lidded ale jug with a backward-curved, astragal thumb piece. Double-domed, flat-top lid. Inverted-baluster body with molded rim, neck, and foot. Compound- or reverse-scroll strap handle with rounded thumbrest and short terminal; upper terminal attached to rounded shield-shape plate on rim. Plain, inset, curved spout with strainer. Rim exterior stamped to left of handle "W. R. LOFTUS / 321 OXFORD S\T." in incuse serif letters.
label: Description
content: Maker is W. R. Loftus, located at 321 Oxford Street, London; in business, circa 1859-1960.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, London
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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.67.0151
label: catalog number
content: 67.0151
label: accession number
content: 250853
objectType: label: Object Name
content: measure
label: Object Name
content: jug, ale
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: pewter (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 1/2 in x 7 5/8 in x 5 1/2 in; 21.59 cm x 19.3675 cm x 13.97 cm