One-Twelfth Pint Measure
date: label: date made
content: 1820-1870
label: date made
content: ca 1900
notes: label: Description
content: Small, lidless bulbous or bellied spirit measure advertising "D & J M\cCALLUM'S / Perfection / OLDEST AND BEST"; 1/12 pint size. Beaded, galleried rim and cast circular flared foot. Large center bead flanked by a pair of thin incised lines at shoulder. Tapered, thin, S-scroll handle with incurved thumbrest and lower pointed terminal with oval attachment at seam. Rim exterior stamped to left of handle "1/12 PINT" in incuse sans serif letters. Bottom exterior stamped with an incuse "X" over an inverted triangle.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England
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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.67.0139
label: catalog number
content: 67.0139
label: accession number
content: 250853
objectType: label: Object Name
content: measure
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: pewter (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/8 in x 2 1/2 in x 1 3/4 in; 5.3975 cm x 6.35 cm x 4.445 cm