Beaker

Description:

Plain, straight tapered, handleless cup or beaker with molded rim, vertically seamed at side and rounded at lower edge where it is attached to the domed bottom with flattened edge for foot. Bottom underside struck incuse "8" above "DIXON & SON" in serif letters.

Date Made: ca 1830

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United Kingdom: England, Sheffield, SheffieldPlace Used: United Kingdom: England, Liverpool, Liverpool

Subject: BeveragesDrinking

Subject:

See more items in: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life, Domestic Furnishings

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Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. John L. Proctor

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: DL.387881Catalog Number: 387881Accession Number: 188487

Object Name: beaker

Physical Description: Britannia metal (overall material)Measurements: overall: 3 1/4 in x 3 1/4 in; 8.255 cm x 8.255 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-811f-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_300550

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