Object Number 1989.0051

Object Name

Measure (Half bushel measure)

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase with funds provided by the Special Fund for Collection Objects

Creator (Role)

William Orville Hickock (Maker)
10/06/1815

Place of Origin

Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Date

1818 (1848-1883)

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; On shield-shaped plaque, front center; "Half Bushel" engraved script in an arc / "W.O. HICKOCK" stamped / six-pointed star enclosing "47" flanked by "PA" and "1818" stamped / "HARRISBURG" stamped

Materials

Copper; Brass

Dimensions (inches)

9.752 (H) , 15.5 (W) , 12.752 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

24.77 (H) , 39.37 (W) , 32.39 (Diam)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Fennimore, Donald L. 1996 Metalwork in Early America: Copper and Its Alloys from the Winterthur Collection.
• Published: cat.182, p.285