A Queen Anne leaded bronze measure, of gallon capacity, dated 1709


Of tapering cylindrical form, with finely cast cords at the rim, foot and waist, the date cast in relief against a punched ground and within an engraved cartouche, the handle balustroid and knopped, the rim struck several times with the Exchequer mark, and twice with the cipher 'AR' beneath a crown, other indistinct marks, probably the dagger for London, 18.5cm rim diameter x 26.5cm high