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Item Number:
P368
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An Extremely interesting Victorian Irish Haystack Measure of Half Gallon capacity by Austen & Son of Cork. Good clear touchmark to base. Stamped on the neck with the owners name and town L.MICH CORKRAN MIDLETON* and on the body 1 HALF GALLON *Midleton is a few miles east of Cork City on the N25 There are various verification marks stamped at lip C above RW and 1835 (R and W were the surname initials of the Cork City inspectors Thomas Rogers & James Wherland),Crowned VR above ER C stamped twice for East Riding of Cork and a circular Crowned VR with a harp and number 553 Half Gallon Haystack measure are not common and much rarer with ownership names.Circa 1840 Height 9 ¾”
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