Half Gill Beaker
date: label: date made
content: 1750-1850
label: date made
content: ca 1850-1900
notes: label: Description
content: Small, handleless, tapered cylindrical cup or beaker with two bands of five grooves near top and bottom; half gill size. High foot ring. Four incuse stamps along rim exterior (from left to right): "W. R. [LOFTUS] / 32[1] OXFORD S\T."; cross-shape mark with the circular arms of the City of London at center surrounded by a crown, "W", "R", and "2"; "HALF" in incuse serif letters; and a crowned "VR" verification mark for Reigate ("572"). Possible mark on bottom exterior erased.
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.67.0087
label: catalog number
content: 67.0087
label: accession number
content: 250853
objectType: label: Object Name
content: measure
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: pewter (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/8 in x 2 1/8 in; 5.3975 cm x 5.3975 cm