Haystack Measure

Item Information

Title:
Haystack Measure
Description:
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.
Date:
1740–1820
Format:
Objects/Artifacts
Genre:
stamping (marking)
casting (process)
incising
pewter (tin alloy)
tin alloy
measuring cups
Location:
Historic New England
Collection (local):
Digitized Museum Collections
Subjects:
Pewter
Stamped
Cast
Incised
Places:
Massachusetts > Essex (county) > Essex
Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.)
Extent:
3 1/2 in. x 3 in. (H x W)
Link to Item:
https://gusn.us/3161
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
Contact host institution for more information.
Notes:
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
Accession #:
1991.1342
Identifier:
3161