Drinking - Measures & Funnels

18th Century Material Culture Measures & Funnels

Wine & Beer Measures

"The Royal Gauger; Or, Gauging made Perfectly Easy..." by Charles Leadbetter - E. Wicksteed. London. 1750

"A Short Practical Treatise of Arithmetic" by Barnes, R. - Printed by C. Heltus. Stockton-upon-Tees. 1793

English Baluster Shaped Pewter Measures

The Pot-Boy by British School c. 1720

The Pot-Boy by British School c. 1720

English Wine Standard Pint “Guernsey” Pewter Measure by A. Carter of London c. 1740 - 1770

English Wine Standard Quart “Guernsey” Pewter Measure by A. Carter of of London c 1740 - 1770

English Wine Standard “Pot Size”, Quart & Pint “Guernsey” Pewter Measures by A. Carter Carter of of London c 1740 - 1770

English Wine Standard “Pot Size”, Quart & Pint “Guernsey” Pewter Measure by A. Carter Carter of of London c 1740 - 1770



English Wine Standard Standard Gallon Pewter Measure Marked for the Provincial Maker “CC” Late 17th Century

English Wine Standard 1/2 Gallon Pewter Measure c 1690 - 1720

English Wine Standard 1/2 Pint Pewter Measure Marked with a Crowned “AR” Verification Stamp c. 1695 - 1725

English Wine Standard Pewter Measures Marked with Crowned “WR” Verification Stamps 18th Century (Christie’s Auction House)

English Wine Standard 1/2 Pint Pewter Measure Marked for Its Owner Ben Ballard by William Fasson I of London, Marked with a Crowned “WR” Verification Verification Stamp c. 1725 - 1749





English Wine Standard Gallon Pewter Measure Used by John Courts Jones of the Maryland Continental Line by William Fasson of London c. 1758 - 1770




“This piece came from Clean Drinking Manor, the home of the Jones family. The house was built for Charles Jones around 1750 (it is no longer standing, but was o! of of Jones Mill Road in Chevy Chase). The donor, Robert Jones Jr., told us in 1976: “The tankard was in the household [by 1775], and when John Courts Jones served with rank of Major, Fourth Maryland regiment, Maryland Continental Line, he used the tankard while on duty and returned it to Clean Drinking Manor upon his discharge.” John Courts Jones, Sr. (1754-1802) served in the Maryland Line, including two years as aide to General William Smallwood, from 1775 until 1783.” English Wine Standard Gallon Pewter Measure Used by John Courts Jones of the Maryland Continental Line by William Fasson of London c. 1758 - 1770

English Wine Standard 1/2 Pint Pewter Measure by William Fasson of London, c. 1758 - 1800



English Wine Standard Quart Pewter Measure Unmarked c. 1770 - 1780

Mixed Grouping of English Wine Standard Pewter Measures Ranging in Capacity from One Gallon to a Half - Gill Unmarked c. 1750 - 1780 (Pewtersellers.com)

English 1/2 Pint Pewter Measures Late 17th to Early 18th Century

Mixed English Pewter Measures Pint Marked “EJ”, 1/2 Pint & Half Gill Measures Marked “WR” with Engraved Owners Initials “RJ” Late 17th to Early 18th Century

English Wine Standard Gallon Pewter Measure by Thomas Mathews of London 1716

English Wine Standard Standard Gallon Pewter Measure Unmarked c. 1750 - 1780

English Wine Standard 1/2 Gallon Pewter Measure Unmarked c. 1730 - 1780

English Wine Standard Quart Pewter Measure Late 17th to Early 18th Century

English Wine Standard Sixteenth Reputed - Quart Pewter Measure c. 1720

English Wine Standard Pint Pewter Measure Marked for its Owner “WR” c. 1730 - 1780

English Wine Standard 1/2 Pint Pewter Measure Struck Twice with the Initials “GC” c. 1730 - 1770

English Wine Standard 1/2 Pint Pewter Measure c. 1750 - 1800

English Wine Standard Gill Pewter Measure With Ownership Initials “WP” c. 1720

English Wine Standard Gill Pewter Measure Touchmark to Collar Collar “TM”, Possibly for Thomas Matthews Matthews (Not Dated) c. 1720

English Wine Standard Gill Pewter Measure Touchmark to Collar Collar “?R” c. 1750

English Wine Standard Gill Pewter Measure c. 1750

English Wine Standard Gill Pewter Measure c. 1730

English Wine Standard Gill Pewter Measure Crowned “WR” Mark to Flat Lid. Body Incised & Stamped Stamped “1785 Brook Parish” c. 1750

English Wine Standard Quart Pewter Measure Marked “CWM” for f or Common Wealth Massachusetts by Thomas Thomas Mathews Mathews 1716

English Wine Standard 1/2 Gallon Pewter Measure Marked “CM” for f or Commonwealth of Massachusetts by William Bancks, Bewdley c. 1750 - 1790

English Wine Standard Pewter Quart Measure Marked “CMM” for Common Wealth Massachusetts by William William Bancks, Bewdley c. 1750 - 1790

English Wine Standard Pewter Measures Believed to be the O "cial Measures of the Province of New Hampshire by which the Town Measures were Tested Marked “C.R.”, “CR” & “NH” c. 1670 - 1730

English Wine Standard Pewter Measure Believed to be One of the O "cial Measures of the Province of of New Hampshire - Marked “C.R.”, “CR” “CR” & “NH” c. 1670 - 1730

English Wine Standard Pewter Measure Believed to be One of the O "cial Measures of the Province of of New Hampshire - Marked “C.R.”, “CR” “CR” & “NH” c. 1670 - 1730

English Lidded 1 Gill Pewter Measure From the Wreck of the the “General Carlton of Whitby” Sunk O ! Gdansk Gdansk in September, 1785

The Mutchkin Mutchkin: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Disambiguation: a "Mutchkin" can also refer a close-fitting Scottish cap The Mutchkin (Scottish Gaelic: mùisgein) was a Scottish unit of measurement of liquids that was in use from at least 1661, (possibly 15th century), until the late 19th century. The word was derived from Mutse - a mid 15th-century Dutch measure of beer or wine. A Mutchkin is equivalent to 424 ml. • • •

1 Mutchkin is 4 Gills (Scots), equal to 3 Imperial Gills or 3/4 of an Imperial Pint 2 Mutchkins is 1 Chopin 4 Mutchkins is 1 Pint (Scots) (or Joug), equal to 3 Imperial Pints

English Wine Standard Quarter-Mutchkin (7.7 Fluid Ounces) Pewter Measure c. 1720

English Wine Standard Quarter-Mutchkin (7.7 Fluid Ounces) Pewter Measure Touchmark “IH”, Possibly for One of the the Harrisons of York c. 1720




English Wine Standard Quarter-Mutchkin (7.7 Fluid Ounces) Pewter Measure Touchmark “IG”, Possibly for Joseph Gorwood II, York c. 1750

American Full and 1/2 Pumpkin Mutchkins Mutchkins c. 2014

Miscellaneous English Pewter Measures

English 1.5 Jersey Pint Normandy Form Pewter Measure Crowned “GR” “GR” Stamp to Collar c. 1760

English Gallon Pewter Ale Measure Marked “WR” c. 1775 - 1800

English Bottle Measures

English Pewter Bottle Capacity Measure c. 1770

Funnels

English Pewter Funnel c. 1710

English Pewter Funnel Early 18th Century

The Kitchen at Sandpit Gate Gate by Paul Sandby

English Pewter Funnel c. 1750 - 1800



English Silver Wine Funnel by Hester Bateman 1782

English Silver Wine Funnel by Hester Bateman 1782

American Wood Funnel from New England England c. 1750 - 1820

American Wood Funnel from New England England c. 1750 - 1820

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