One-Eighth Gill Measure
date: label: date made
content: ca 1800
label: date made
content: ca 1800-1850
notes: label: Description
content: Thistle measure; one-eighth gill size. Plain bands around rim and base. Spurred D- or ear-shaped handle with short lower terminal; cylindrical struts. Front of body stamped "1/8 GILL" in incuse serif letters. Rim exterior stamped with verification mark for Glasgow to left of handle, and with "223" to left and right of handle in two font sizes. Solder on bottom. From a set of five thistle measures, DL*67.0213-.0218.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: Scotland, Glasgow City
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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.67.0218
label: catalog number
content: 67.0218
label: accession number
content: 250853
objectType: label: Object Name
content: measure
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: pewter (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 in x 2 in x 1 1/8 in; 5.08 cm x 5.08 cm x 2.8575 cm