Measure, Dry

Measuring cup, Mount Lebanon, NY

Object ID:
1961.12880.1
Community:
New York, Mount Lebanon
Makers
Shaker
Description

Crudely made seed measure of tin-plated sheet metal. Conical body of joint crimped soldered, larder end open upward, rim crimped but jagged and broken. Round base/bottom surface soldered to rolled flange on bottom of body.

Notes

Believed to have been used in the garden seed industry.

New York Mount Lebanon Church Family

New York Mount Lebanon Church Family

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