Half Gill Measure
date: label: date made
content: 1840-1870
label: date made
content: pre-1937
notes: label: Description
content: Lidless bulbous or bellied measure with a beaded, galleried rim and cast circular flared foot; approximately half gill size. Four incised lines at shoulder. Tapered, S-scroll handle with arched and stepped thumbrest and lower short terminal with oval attachment at seam. Bottom exterior has an oval stamp of a spreadwing eagle, body facing right and head turned left, with an arched surround above (text illegible) and curved surround below containing "REED & BARTON" in rased sans serif letters; and the pattern number "R13".
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Taunton
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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.67.0137
label: catalog number
content: 67.0137
label: accession number
content: 250853
objectType: label: Object Name
content: measure
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: pewter (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/2 in x 2 3/8 in x 1 7/8 in; 6.35 cm x 6.0325 cm x 4.7625 cm