Gallon Measure
date: label: date made
content: 1775-1825
notes: label: Description
content: Bristol Low or West Country measure; gallon size. Conical or ovoid body with incised line at seam; circular, everted rim with flared and molded lip; flared foot with beaded edge. Tapered, S-scroll handle has a ridged and tongued thumbrest; upper bud terminal with oval attachment just below neck; lower short terminal attached above seam. Rim interior with three incuse stamps (from left to right): a circular City of Bristol verification mark, a circular maker's mark "[WAR?]NALL (arched) / & SONS / [BRIS]TOL (curved)", and a crowned "CB / C" Bristol verification mark, all in serif letters. Rim exterior with two incuse stamps: verification mark "VR / 575" in sans serif letters beneath a crown and "GALLON" in serif letters with one dot to the left and three to the right.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, Bristol, City of
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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.67.0115
label: catalog number
content: 67.0115
label: accession number
content: 250853
objectType: label: Object Name
content: measure
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: pewter (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 3/4 in x 7 in x 5 3/4 in; 27.305 cm x 17.78 cm x 14.605 cm