Half Gill Measure
date: label: date made
content: early 20th century
label: date made
content: ca 1899
notes: label: Description
content: Handleless and lidless bulbous or bellied measure; half gill size. Molded rim and plain, flared base. Two pairs of incised lines around body. Front of body stamped "HALF GILL" in incuse serif letters. Rim exterior with at least thirteen marks, including "HALF GILL" in incuse sans serif letters, partially erased and overstruck with Victorian, Edwardian and George IV verification marks, one for Ashton-under-Lyne ("417").
label: Description
content: Earliest verification mark appears to be dated 1899.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England
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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.67.0250
label: catalog number
content: 67.0250
label: accession number
content: 250853
objectType: label: Object Name
content: measure
label: Object Name
content: measure, half gill
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: pewter (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/2 in x 2 in; 6.35 cm x 5.08 cm