Imperial Quart Measure
date: label: date made
content: 1750-1835
label: date made
content: ca 1829
notes: label: Description
content: Uncrested tappit hen measure with an S-curved thumb piece, engraved on front of body in script "G. C. / 1829 / to / W. B. / 1858."; imperial quart size. Flat-domed lid with raised disk and wide rim. Two incised lines around flared rim and waist, four below shoulder, and five at plain base; flat bottom. Strap handle with stepped thumbrest and flat terminal. Bottom outside has Imperial capacity and Dean of Guild verification marks, and is scratched in script "Aberdeen / Peters", "8", and "Aberdeen / 03(?)". Lid interior inscribed (in graphite) "1 Left".
label: Description
content: Made around date of inscription, circa 1829; Imperial Standard marks used 1826-circa 1835.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: Scotland
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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.67.0196
label: catalog number
content: 67.0196
label: accession number
content: 250853
objectType: label: Object Name
content: measure
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: pewter (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 1/4 in x 5 1/2 in x 3 7/8 in; 26.035 cm x 13.97 cm x 9.8425 cm