Demi Decilitre Measure
date: label: date made
content: 1850
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 has hinge pin domed at one end. Stamped on front of body "DEMI / DECILITRE" in incuse serif letters; on front of lower rim with clasped hands in an oval next to "51"; on face of handle and tip of lid with clasped hands mark; and on extension and to right of handle with an indecipherible number of letter verification marks. Underside of flat bottom struck once with partial circular touchmark "[???]SEUR (arched) / [???]40 / [???]AEN (curved)" in raised serif letters.
label: Description
content: Maker is possibly Ledresseur 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.67.0342
label: catalog number
content: 67.0342
label: accession number
content: 250853
objectType: label: Object Name
content: measure
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: pewter (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/4 in x 3 in x 2 1/8 in; 8.255 cm x 7.62 cm x 5.3975 cm