Chopin Measure
date: label: date made
content: 1750-1840
notes: label: Description
content: Uncrested tappit hen measure with a nine-lobed shell thumb piece and flat-domed lid with raised disk engraved "WG / IW"; chopin size. Body has a molded rim and plain base with four incised lines around rim, one around neck, and sets of three around shoulder and base. S-scroll handle with stepped thumbrest and spade terminal. Interior with plouk or pimple below rim indicating capacity level and two concentric circles on flat bottom. Partial verification mark for Edinburgh on rim exterior to left of handle. Bottom exterior scratched with what appears to be a "W".
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: Scotland
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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.67.0197
label: catalog number
content: 67.0197
label: accession number
content: 250853
objectType: label: Object Name
content: measure
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: pewter (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 3/4 in x 5 1/4 in x 3 7/8 in; 24.765 cm x 13.335 cm x 9.8425 cm