Half Gill Measure
date: label: date made
content: 1750-1850
notes: label: Description
content: Plain, lidless baluster measure with a galleried rim and flared base; half gill size. Tapered, D- or ear-shaped, tinplate strap handle with folded edges soldered at rim and body. Rim exterior stamped incuse "A C(?)" to left of handle. Bottom exterior scratched with the serif letters "CVN". No maker's marks.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England
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.67.0085
label: catalog number
content: 67.0085
label: accession number
content: 250853
objectType: label: Object Name
content: measure
label: Object Name
content: measure, half gill
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: pewter (body material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron, tinned sheet (handle material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 3/4 in x 2 3/8 in x 1 1/2 in; 6.985 cm x 6.0325 cm x 3.81 cm