Measure, Dry
- Object Name:
- Measure, Dry
- Object ID:
- 1978.079.16
- Creator:
- E. B.Frye & Sons
Manufacturer - Place of Origin:
- Wilton, NH
- Date:
- circa 1920
- Description:
- Measure, dry. Medium-brown wood. Eight quarts. Wood bent to form hoop, wall thickness 0.25". Ends taper and overlap from right to left. Overlap has straight edge and wide chamfer on outside. Twelve dome-headed steel tacks on outside to fasten wood together. Top and bottom corners of overlap clipped on outside. Thinner overlap on inside with straight edge. Bottom three pieces of wood. Bottom wood thickness ~0.5". Seven square pegs along bottom edge to fasten bottom pieces in place. One area on top edge with off-white residue and some slight splintering adjacent to it. Rest of edges still rather sharp.
Stamped on outside, san-serif, upward caps: "DRY / 8 QT. / (downward curve) MEASURE". Stamped in bottom, all caps, sans-serif: "MADE / BY / E. B. FRYE & SON[S] / WILTON, / N.H." - Material:
- Wood
- Dimensions:
- H-6.2 Dia-11.4 inches Weight-34.35 oz
- Provenance:
- From collection assembled by James Cowan Sawyer (1872-1944) in Durham, NH. Donated by his sons, Charles H. and George F. Sawyer.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Charles H. and George F. Sawyer
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