Quart Measure
date: label: date made
content: ca 1729-1730
label: date made
content: ca 1730-1765
notes: label: Description
content: Jersey measure or flagon with double-acorn thumb piece, engraved "C. H. M." in serif letters on face of handle; quart size. Wedge extension is burnt to the plain, pointed and pouted lid; one end of hinge pin is impressed with a flower. Plain body with a slightly flared rim and an incised, flared base. Strap handle with short terminal; circular strut. Partial touchmark inside lid "IDSX" in raised serif letters with a star above, all in a circle. Several partial incuse marks on bottom exterior, including "x's, "P"s, and "*"s.
label: Description
content: Maker is John de St. Croix, Jersey, Channel Islands or London, England, working 1730-1765.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Jersey
label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, London
setName: label: See more items in
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.67.0165
label: catalog number
content: 67.0165
label: accession number
content: 250853
objectType: label: Object Name
content: measure
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: pewter (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 1/4 in x 5 1/8 in x 4 3/8 in; 20.955 cm x 13.0175 cm x 11.1125 cm