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Measure: AAL.2-1969

Object information

Awaiting location update

Maker(s)

Pewterer: Unknown

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Description

Measure, pewter of baluster form with a bud thumb-piece attached to the cover with a three-tiered flat wedge. Initials 'EW' are struck on the cover.
Marks: ?G over IW in a square outlined, and the maker’s touch, RB with bird and date 16?

Legal notes

Lent to the museum by the Master and Fellows of Trinity College

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Loan (1969) by Trinity College, Cambridge

Materials used in production

Pewter

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: 'EW'
  • Location: Cover
  • Method of creation: Struck
  • Type: Initials

Inscription present: in a square outlined

  • Text: ?'G' over 'IW'
  • Type: Mark
  • Text: 'RB' with bird and date 16?
  • Type: Maker's mark

Identification numbers

Accession number: AAL.2-1969
Primary reference Number: 208767
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Audit data

Created: Thursday 12 May 2016 Updated: Wednesday 25 September 2019 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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