Half Pint Measure
date: label: date made
content: ca 1892 - 1910
notes: label: Description
content: Lidless bulbous or bellied measure with galleried rim and cast circular flared foot; half pint size. Bead-and-groove band around body; line visible at seam. Hollow, D-section, S-curve ridged or crank handle with plain tab terminal; no strut. Front of body stamped "1/2 PINT" in sans serif letters. Rim exterior has a crowned "ER" for Birmingham and partial script "J(?)". Diamond, Y-in-triangle and X maker's mark struck on inside bottom.
label: Description
content: Gaskell & Chambers was established circa 1892 in Birmingham, England; manufacturer of metal bar and drink dispensing equipment (pewter, copper, etc.). They likely made these measures using molds originally owned by James Yates (working under his own name, 1860-1891). Although Gaskell & Chambers did not intend to deceive, their measures have been sold as or faked to be by Yates.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, Birmingham, Birmingham
label: Associated Place
content: United Kingdom: England, Birmingham, Birmingham
topic: label: Subject
content: Beverages
label: Subject
content: Commercial Furnishings
label: Subject
content: Drinking
label: Subject
content: Food Culture
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Alma R. Duckworth
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.300859.0028
label: catalog number
content: 300859.0028
label: accession number
content: 300859
objectType: label: Object Name
content: measure
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: pewter (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/2 in x 4 1/2 in x 2 7/8 in; 8.89 cm x 11.43 cm x 7.3025 cm