"Double Litre" Measure
"Double Litre" Measure
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- Description
- Plain, lidless, bracket-handled, cylindrical metric measure with a spouted, sloped collar and molded base. Stamped on front of body "DOUBLE / LITRE" in incuse serif letters; on front of neck and face of handle with a small imperial crown; on top of inside rim with possibly an "H" in a small square; and on top of handle with five small and five large raised serif letters. Flat bottom struck once with banded oval touchmark of "CHAUVIN A RENNES." One of an assembled set of eight metric measures, DL*67.0326-.0333.
- Maker is Chauvin of Rennes, France; dated 1830-1848 based on imperial crown verification mark.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- measure
- measure, double liter
- date made
- 1830-1848
- place made
- France: Brittany, Rennes
- Physical Description
- pewter (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 9 1/2 in x 6 1/2 in x 5 1/4 in; 24.13 cm x 16.51 cm x 13.335 cm
- ID Number
- DL.67.0326
- catalog number
- 67.0326
- accession number
- 250853
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. Constance Dwan Wylie (Walker Gill Wylie Collection)
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- Cultural and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Domestic Furnishings
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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