Litre Measure
Litre Measure
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- Description
- Bracket-handled, lidded and spouted, cylindrical metric measure with a seven-lobed convex shell thumb piece; molded lower rim and base. Flat-top cylinder lid with molded rim is stamped "L H" and "2" between concentric circles on top. Inset, curved spout; no cover. Five-knuckle hinge and stepped thumbrest. Erased "LITRE" stamp on face of handle. Lower rim to right and left of handle are struck with thirteen marks, including eight Greek letters in circles and "U / 3" in a rounded rectangle. Underside of flat bottom struck once with arched rectangular touchmark "I.VAN DE STEELE" and scratched with an "X".
- Maker is Joannes van de Casteele of Bruges, Belgium.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- measure
- date made
- 19th century
- place made
- Belgium: Flanders, Bruges
- Physical Description
- pewter (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 8 3/8 in x 7 in x 3 5/8 in; 21.2725 cm x 17.78 cm x 9.2075 cm
- ID Number
- DL.67.0352
- catalog number
- 67.0352
- 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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