Half Gallon Measure
date: label: date made
content: ca 1828-1833
label: date made
content: ca 1823-1846
notes: label: Description
content: Haystack measure; half gallon size. Conical or ovoid body with molded neck, midbody, and base bands; circular, everted rim with flared and beaded lip. Tapered, D- or ear-shaped handle has an arched and tongued thumbrest; upper scrolled terminal with stepped oval attachment below neck; flat lower terminal attached at midband. Front of body is stamped "1/2 GALLON" in incuse serif letters. Rim interior with two verification marks, a crowned Hibernian harp between "VR" over "547" and "VR / ER" crown, stamped twice. At least nine partial verification marks on rim exterior. Touchmark of Joseph Austen & Son on bottom outside.
label: Description
content: Maker is Joseph Austen & Son, Cork, Ireland; circa 1823-1846 (previous working dates, circa 1828-1833).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Ireland: Cork
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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.67.0184
label: catalog number
content: 67.0184
label: accession number
content: 250853
objectType: label: Object Name
content: measure
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: pewter (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 in x 7 1/4 in x 5 5/8 in; 25.4 cm x 18.415 cm x 14.2875 cm