Food & Food Preparation: Storage Containers & Measures

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18th Century Material Culture

Food Containers & Measures


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SmallStorage Jars


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English Lead Glazed Slip Decorated Earthenware / Yellow Ware Jar from North Sta!ordshire

c. 1640 - 1650(Stoke-On-Trent)


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English Lead Glazed Slip Decorated Earthenware Jar from Sta!ordshire

Late 17th or Early 18th Century(Stoke-On-Trent)


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English Lead Glazed Slip Decorated Earthenware Jar

1750 - 1800(Museum of London)


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English Lead Glazed Slip Decorated Earthenware Jar

c. 1720(Ceramics in America)


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English Lead Glazed Slip Decorated Earthenware Pot

c. 1730 - 1750(Ceramics in America)


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Earthenware

Large Mouth

Storage Jars


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Weser Ware Earthenware Jar or Pot Excavated at the Site of the 2nd Church of Elizabeth City Parish in Hampton, Virginia

c. 1610 (Site c. 1623)(St. Johns Church, Hampton, Virginia - Photograph Courtesy Robert Hunter)


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American Earthenware Storage Jar with Lead Glazed Interior from Jamestown, Virginia

c. 1625(Ceramics in America - Photograph Courtesy Robert Hunter)


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Interior Lead Glazed Earthenware Storage Jar Stained with Acidic Cherry JuiceRecovered from the Katherine Nanny Naylor Cross Street Privy Archeology Site

17th Century (Privy In Use From 1660 - 1716)(Massachusetts Historical Commission - City of Boston Archeology Program)


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Earthenware Jar - Likely FrenchFrom the Wreck of the Machault Sunk in the 1760 Battle of Restigouche in the Bay of Gasp in Quebec Province

c. 1755 - 1760(Parks Canada)


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American Lead Glazed Earthenware Storage Jar from Charlestown, South Carolina

Attributed to Andrew Duche c. 1735 - 1743(MESDA)


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English Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar from London

c. 1720(Chipstone)


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American Green Lead Glazed Earthenware Storage Jar from Bristol County, Massachusetts

Late 18th - Early 19th Century(Crocker Farm Auction House)


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American Green Lead Glazed Earthenware Storage Jar from Bristol County, Massachusetts

Late 18th - Early 19th Century(Crocker Farm Auction House)


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American Lead Glazed Earthenware Storage Jar from the Southern United States

Initialed S.G. and Dated 1784(Crocker Farm Auction)


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Lead - Glazed Redware Jar Excavated from Privy 3 at the Three Cranes Tavern, Charlestown, Massachusetts

Burned by the British on June 17, 1775(City of Boston Archeology Program)


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Stoneware

Large Mouth

Storage Jars


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English Salt Glazed Stoneware Jars from London

c. 1720 - 1750(Chipstone)


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English Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar, Probably from London

c. 1750(Chipstone)


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Brown Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar

Excavated from Privy 3 at the Three Cranes Tavern, Charlestown, Massachusetts - Burned by the British on June 17, 1775(City of Boston Archeology Program)


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Brown Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar Excavated at Yorktown, Virginia



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Brown Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar Excavated at Yorktown, Virginia



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Brown Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar Sherd Excavated at Yorktown, Virginia



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American 2 Gallon Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Watch Spring Decorations from New Jersey18th Century

(Early American Stoneware)


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American Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Watch Spring Decorations from Cheesequake, New Jersey

Attributed to Morgan Pottery c. 1775 - 1784(Chipstone - Ceramics in America)


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Attributed to Morgan Pottery c. 1775 - 1784(Chipstone - Private Collection; Photo, Gavin Ashworth)


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American Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Watch Spring Decorations from New JerseyAttributed to Captain James Morgan of Cheesequake, New Jersey c. 1770

(Crocker Farm Auction House)


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American Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Watch Spring Decorations from New JerseyAttributed to Captain James Morgan of Cheesequake, New Jersey c. 1770



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American Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Watch Spring Decorations from New Jersey

Attributed to Captain James Morgan of Cheesequake, New Jersey c. 1770(Crocker Farm Auction House)


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Attributed to the Kemple Family of Potters c. 1770 - 1780(Crocker Farm Auction House)


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Attributed to the Kemple Family of Potters c. 1770 - 1780(Crocker Farm Auction House)


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American Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Watch Spring Decorations from New Jersey or New York(Restored) c. 1775



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American Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Watch Spring Decorations from New Jersey or New York(Restored) c. 1775



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American Salt Glaze Stoneware Jug Remnant with Cobalt Watch Spring DecorationsExcavated from the British Barracks, City Hall Park, New York City

(From: The History and Archeology of City Hall Park)(The Brooklyn College Archaeological Research Center Brooklyn College, CUNY)


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American Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Watch Spring Decorations from Cheesequake, New JerseyAttributed to Captain James Morgan c. 1780 - 1790



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American Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Watch Spring Decorations from Cheesequake, New JerseyAttributed to Captain James Morgan c. 1780 - 1790



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c. 1775(Early American Stoneware)


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American 1/2 Gallon Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Watch Spring Decorations from New Jersey or New YorkFrom Cheesequake, New Jersey or Manhattan, New York 4th Quarter 18th Century



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American 2 Gallon Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Watch Spring Decorations from New Jersey or New Yorkc. 1775



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American Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Decorations from Hunterdon County, New JerseyKemple Pottery c. 1745 - 1795

(Chipstone, Private Collection, Photo Gavin Ashworth)


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American Small Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Watch Spring Decorations from New Jersey or New YorkMid 18th Century

(Crocker Farm Auction House / Theberge Collection)


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American Small Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Watch Spring Decorations from New Jersey or New YorkMid 18th Century

(Crocker Farm Auction House / Theberge Collection)


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Dutch Still Lifeby Justus Juncker c. Mid 18th Century

(Private Collection)


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American Small Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar with Purple Slip Decorations from Manhattan, New Yorkc. 1790



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American Small Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Blue Decorations from Manhattan, New Yorkc. 1790



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American Small Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar with Fish Scale Decorations from Manhattan, New YorkLate 18th Century



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American Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Watch Spring Decorations from Manhattan, New York4th Quarter 18th Century



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American 1 Gallon Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Decorations from Manhattan, New YorkSecond Half 18th Century



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(Chipstone, MCHA, Photo Gavin Ashworth)


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American 1 Gallon Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Decorations from Manhattan, New YorkLate 18th Century



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American 1 Gallon Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Decorations from Manhattan, New YorkLate 18th Century



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American 4 Gallon Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar from New JerseyLate 18th Century



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American 2 Gallon Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar from New JerseyLate 18th Century



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American Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar from ConnecticutAttributed to Abraham Mead of Greenwich, Connecticut c, 1790



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American Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar from ConnecticutAttributed to Abraham Mead of Greenwich, Connecticut c, 1790



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American Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar from Manhattan, New York, or New JerseyFrom Either the Remmey or Crolius Potteries of Manhattan, New York,

Kemple Pottery of Ringoes, New Jersey, or Morgan Pottery of Cheesequake, New Jersey c. 1750



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American 2 Gallon Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Watch Spring Decorations from New Jersey or New YorkFrom Cheesequake, New Jersey or Manhattan, New York 4th Quarter 18th Century



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(Chipstone, MCHA, Photo Gavin Ashworth)


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American Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Watch Spring Decorations from New Jersey or NewYorkby Capt. James Morgan of Cheesequake, NJ or Remmey or Crolius of Manhattan, New York 18th Century



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American Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Watch Spring Decorations from New Jersey or NewYorkby Capt. James Morgan of Cheesequake, NJ or Remmey or Crolius of Manhattan, New York 18th Century



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American Salt Glazed 1/2 Gallon Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Floral Decorations from New Jersey or NewYorkc. 1750 - 1790



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American Salt Glazed 1/2 Gallon Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Floral Decorations from Manhattan, NewYorkMid 18th Century



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American Salt Glazed 2 Gallon Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Watchspring Decorations from Greenwich, ConnecticutAttributed to Abraham Mead Late 18th Century



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American Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar Sherd with Cobalt Watch Spring Decorations from Cheesequake, New JerseyAttributed to Captain James Morgan c. 1775 - 1784

(Chipstone - MCHA, Photo Gavin Ashworth)


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American Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar Sherd with Cobalt Zebra Decoration from Cheesequake, New JerseyAttributed to Captain James Morgan c. 1775 - 1784

(Chipstone - Robert J. Simm Collection, MCHA, Photo Gavin Ashworth)


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American Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar Sherd with Cobalt Flower Decoration from Cheesequake, New JerseyAttributed to Captain James Morgan c. 1775 - 1784



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American Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar Sherds with Cobalt Flower Decoration from Cheesequake, New JerseyAttributed to Captain James Morgan c. 1775 - 1784



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American Salt Glazed Stoneware Spouted Pot with Cobalt Flower Decoration from Greenwich, ConnecticutAttributed to Adam States c. 1745

(Chipstone - Private Collection, Photo Gavin Ashworth)


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American Salt Glazed Stoneware Spouted Pot with Cobalt Flower Decoration from Greenwich, ConnecticutAttributed to Adam States c. 1745

(Chipstone - Private Collection, Photo Gavin Ashworth)


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Madame Favart as a WaitressNote the Mouth of the Jug Tied Closed with a Bladder or Cloth


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Brown Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar Excavated from the British Barracks, City Hall Park, New York City c. 1776(From: The History and Archeology of City Hall Park)

(The Brooklyn College Archaeological Research Center Brooklyn College, CUNY)


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Brown Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar Excavated at Grand Portage, Minnesota18th Century

(Grand Portage, Minnesota, National Park Service)


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Dinner Pails


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French Dinner Pail with Coverby P.A. Sullivan c. 1750

(Metropolitan Museum of Art)


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(Probably) French Dinner Pail with Cover18th Century

(Metropolitan Museum of Art)


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GlassJars


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American Glass Jar & Cover Attributed to the Pitkin Glass Works of Manchester, Connecticutc. 1784

(HistoricalGlass.com)


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GlassContainers


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Glass Utility or Medicine Bottle

European, 18th Century


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American Snu!Jar with Matching BottlePossibly by the Wistarberg Glass Works of Alloway, New Jersey c. 1738 - 1775



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American Green Glass Utility or Snu!Bottlec. 1774 - 1784



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Green Glass Utility or Snu!Bottlec. 1760 - 1840

(New Hampshire Historical Society)


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Green Glass Utility or Snu!BottleMid 18th - Early 19th Century

(Banneker-Douglass Museum and Archaeology, Annapolis / University of Maryland)


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Three Wide-Mouthed Storage Bottles Found Under the Kitchen Wall of the Weherburn TavernCenter Bottle Octagonal

c. 1750Audrey Noel Hume

(Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Library)


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American Utilitarian Bottle, Possibly from the Pitkin Glass Works of Manchester, Connecticutc. 1783



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American Utilitarian Bottle from the Wistarburgh Glass Works of Alloway, New Jerseyc. 1738 - 1780



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(Old South Jersey Glass & Antiques, LLC)


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Bottle Found in the East Wall of Wetherburns Tavern in Williamsburg, Virginia, Containing Morello CherriesMid 18th Century

(Colonial Williamsburg Foundation)


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Bottle Found in the East Wall of Wetherburns Tavern in Williamsburg, Virginia, Containing Morello CherriesMid 18th Century

(Colonial Williamsburg Foundation)


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English Dark Green Bottles Recovered from the Dry Well at Monticello, Virginia, c. 1760 - 1775When Found, they Contained Small Whole Cherries, Grapes, and Cranberries

(Colonial Williamsburg Archeology Series)


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WaterContainers


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DryContainers


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New England 12 Staved Tub with Traces of Yellow Paint18th - Early 19th Century

(Sharon Platt)


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New England 12 Staved Tub with Traces of Yellow Paint18th Century

(Sharon Platt)


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New England 12 Staved Tub with Traces of Yellow Paint18th Century

(Sharon Platt)


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New England (Dry) Storage Barrel with Lapped Staves Secured by Rosehead Nails18th - Early 19th Century

(Sharon Platt)


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(Sharon Platt)


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(Sharon Platt)


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New England Dry Storage Lap Joint Barrel in Red Paintc. 1800

(Sharon Platt)


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New England Pine Wood Storage Box18th Century

(Sharon Platt)


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New England Pine Wood Storage Box18th Century

(Sharon Platt)


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New England Pantry Box with Bittersweet Surface & Rosehead Nails18th Century

(Sharon Platt)


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New England Pantry Box with Bittersweet Surface & Rosehead Nails18th Century

(Sharon Platt)


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New England Pantry Oval Pantry Box18th Century

(Sharon Platt)


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New England Pantry Oval Pantry Box18th Century

(Sharon Platt)


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New England Pantry Oval Pantry Box in Green Paint18th Century

(Sharon Platt)


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Turned Pantry Box18th Century

(Skinner)


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English Cast Bronze Bushel MeasureBearing the Arms of the Lord of the Manor Kirkoswald, Lord Dacre 1662

(Private Collection / Antique Metalware Society)


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English Cast Bronze Exchequer Standard Bushel MeasureBearing the Arms of the City of London 1674

(Museum of London)


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Chestnut Measure, Probably Connecticut or Rhode Islandc. 1750 - 1800

(Private Collection)


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Measure with Rosehead Nail Construction18th Century(Randi Ona)


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Copper Measure Marked CM for the Commonwealth of MassachusettsLate 18th Century

(Skinner)


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Copper Measure Marked CM for the Commonwealth of MassachusettsLate 18th Century

(Skinner)


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Set of 3 Copper Measures Marked CM for the Commonwealth of MassachusettsLate 18th Century

(Skinner)


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Set of 3 Copper Measures Marked CM for the Commonwealth of MassachusettsLate 18th Century

(Skinner)

Acknowledgements


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