Objects
Measure
Alcohol
Official consumption
third of a pint (beer)
[Taken from catalogue entry]
Pewter wine measure with waisted body, curved handle and flat hinged lid with crested hen's head thumb-piece.
Volume/capacity: 0.333 pt
[Marked with crowned WR and AH]
[0.333pt/189ml is closest, perhaps unsurprisingly, to a ale/beer third of a pint measure (193ml)].
Creator
A Hincham
[Not specified]
Pewterer
Production
Dates of Production: circa 1740
Consumption
England
Materials
Metal- pewter
Museological Details
Measure
V&A museum
M.691-1926
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