Gill Measure
date: label: date made
content: 1775-1825
notes: label: Description
content: Bristol High or West Country measure; gill size. Tall conical or elongated ovoid body with incised line at seam; plain everted rim with pouring spout; flared foot. Tapered, S-scroll handle with spurred thumbrest; upper terminal attached at top of rim and short lower terminal near center of body. Front of body stamped "GILL" and "NOGGIN" in serif letters. Rim exterior stamped "J.J.K." in incuse serif letters below spout and with at least six additional marks, including a crowned "V[R] / 8(2?)6" verification mark, a crowned "G.K ", and two, deeply impressed circular marks. Rim interior is stamped three times with partial verification mark: "(crown) / VR / (?)96."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: 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.67.0124
label: catalog number
content: 67.0124
label: accession number
content: 250853
objectType: label: Object Name
content: measure
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: pewter (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 7/8 in x 3 1/2 in x 2 1/2 in; 9.8425 cm x 8.89 cm x 6.35 cm