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Measure

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Collection Type

  • Cooking equipment

Date

1840-1860

GUSN

GUSN-60342

Description

Pewter measure with a baluster body with incised lines on a stepped foot and a scroll handle.

Details

Descriptive Terms

measuring devices (instruments)
cookware
casting (process)
pewter (tin alloy)
tin (metal)
Measure, Liquid
Measure, Liquid

Associated Building

Original to Beauport, Sleeper-McCann House (Gloucester, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

3 1/2 x 3 1/2 x 2 1/2 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Constance McCann Betts, Helena Woolworth Guest and Frasier W. McCann

Accession Number

1942.4062

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