Double Centilitre Measure
date: label: date made
content: 1875
notes: label: Description
content: Bracket-handled, cylindrical metric measure with a sloped collar pinched into spout at front and an overhanging pouted lid; molded lower rim and base. Curved-back thumb piece with flat extension; five-knuckle hinge. Stamped on front of body "D.\BLE CENTILITRE" in incuse serif letters below clasped hands in an oval above "** / 52"; on tip of lid and face of handle with clasped hands mark; on extension an indecipherible number of letter verification marks; and face of handle with two letters. Underside of flat bottom struck once with incuse oval touchmark of "MAISON LESEIGNEUR (arched) / DEVERRE Suc.\r / CAEN (curved)".
label: Description
content: Maker is Deverre, successor of Maison Leseigneur of Caen, France.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France: Normandie, Caen
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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.67.0349
label: catalog number
content: 67.0349
label: accession number
content: 250853
objectType: label: Object Name
content: measure
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: pewter (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 3/4 in x 2 3/8 in x 1 3/4 in; 6.985 cm x 6.0325 cm x 4.445 cm