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Pewter gill (1/2 pt.) measure of small baluster shape and straight collar with run-to-shoulder handle terminating in ball, incised band to body, stamped marks on rim, including "GILL" and measure numbering.
measuring cups
stamping (marking)
casting (process)
incising
pewter (tin alloy)
tin alloy
Pewter
Stamped
Cast
Incised
Measure, Liquid
The rim is impressed with the hallmarks, ""GILL""; assorted numbering marks (ex. No. 586); There is a paper label on the bottom underside on which is handwritten: ""1740 to 1820/Belfast/7/6."" (Belfast is indistinct- as are the hallmarks)
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
3 1/2 x 3 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.1342
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