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CAS Anthropology Collections Database


Catalog Number

CAS 0389-1443   CAS 0389-1443; Container / measure
Category Vessels
Object Name Container / measure
Culture English
Global Region Europe
Country England / Great Britain
State/Prov./Dist. England
County
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture early 1900s
Collection Name Rietz Collection of Food Technology
Materials Wood
Description Cylindrical container whose flat base is made of a wooden disk and sides made from a single wood strip that has been steamed and bent around the base so its ends overlap and then secured to the base and to itself with small nails; Indecipherable maker's mark (partly reads "V2R") is carved or burned into upper interior side; "Quart" marked on side.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 12.3, Max Diam = 12.8