"Demi Decilitre" Measure
date: label: date made
content: early 20th century
notes: label: Description
content: Lidless, bracket-handled cylindrical metric measure with heavy molded rim and base. Stamped on front of body "DEMI DECILITRE" in incuse serif letters; on outside of rim and face of handle with "1" next to clasped hands in an elongated hexagon; and along top of rim with 21 raised serif letters. Flat bottom struck once incuse with the serif letters "A.L" in an oval. One of an assembled set of eight metric measures, DL*67.0310-.0317.
label: Description
content: Maker is probably Laveur (1892-1958) of Paris, France.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France: Île-de-France, Paris
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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.67.0315
label: catalog number
content: 67.0315
label: accession number
content: 250853
objectType: label: Object Name
content: measure
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: pewter (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 3/4 in x 2 3/8 in x 1 5/8 in; 6.985 cm x 6.0325 cm x 4.1275 cm