Measure, Dry

Object Name:

Measure, Dry

Object ID:

1971.032.03.2

Place of Origin:

Boston, MA

Date:

1803

Description:

Dry measure, copper. New Hampshire state standard. One peck. 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 rounded ears where the rivets are attached. Dovetailed seam runs up side. Bottom set in with a dovetailed seam. No maker's mark.

Material:

Metal
Copper
Brass

Dimensions:

H-6.4 W-15.3 Dia-11.1 inches

Provenance:

Probably 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