Measure, Dry
- Object Name:
- Measure, Dry
- Object ID:
- 1971.032.03.1
- Creator:
- Hunneman, William C. (1769-1856) -- Coppersmith
- Place of Origin:
- Boston, MA
- Date:
- 1803
- Description:
- Dry measure, copper. New Hampshire state standard. One-half bushel (two pecks). Kettle shape. Hammered exterior, smooth interior. Two cast brass handles, each attached with four copper rivets. Stamped "N H" on top of one handle, along with two small marks of two concentric circles around a tiny flower or star. Handles have decorative fish-tail ends where the rivets are attached. Letter "B" stamped in side just below rim. Stamped "MADE. BY / W.C. HUNNEMAN: / BOSTON / 1803" on bottom. Dovetailed seam runs up side. Bottom set in with a dovetailed seam.
- Material:
- Metal
Copper
Brass - Dimensions:
- H-7.8 W-18.7 Dia-13.8 inches Weight-368 oz
- Provenance:
- Made by William C. Hunneman (1769-1856), Boston, MA, for the State of New Hampshire. The sale is documented in Hunneman's account book at the USS Constitution Museum. On January 22, 1803, he sold five half-bushel measures, five one-peck measures, and five half-peck measures to the State of New Hampshire.
Purchased by the donor from Roland B. Hammond (1917-1993), North Andover, MA. - Credit Line:
- Gift of Richard Mills, in memory of Edwin Burt
- Subjects:
- Measures, Weights and measures
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