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- Description
- Bracket-handled, lidded and spouted, cylindrical metric measure with hooked tab thumb piece and wedge extension burnt to the rounded inset lid; bands of four incised grooves on body near molded lower rim and base. Inset, U-shaped, faceted spout with two graduated beads below; no cover. Seven-knuckle hinge. Lid stamped incuse "6" or "9" between concentric circles. Underside of flat bottom struck twice with a milled oval touchmark of a female figure, standing right with a palm branch in her right hand and a sword at her feet, as sun rays shine down from the upper right.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- measure
- date made
- 19th century
- place made
- France
- Physical Description
- pewter (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 8 5/8 in x 6 3/4 in x 4 in; 21.9075 cm x 17.145 cm x 10.16 cm
- ID Number
- DL.67.0353
- catalog number
- 67.0353
- accession number
- 250853
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. Constance Dwan Wylie (Walker Gill Wylie Collection)
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- Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Domestic Furnishings
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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